FileMaker Cool Trick #27: Automatically Parse JSON Script Parameter

This series of YouTube videos for FileMaker developers shows off our favorite tips and tricks within FileMaker. Learn from our developers in this mini-series as we point out our favorite little features, shortcuts, and super cool tricks to streamline development.

This week’s cool trick shows how to automatically parse a JSON script parameter and set variables.

UPDATE: there’s an error in the custom function shown in the video. Please use the custom function in the demo file as the correct version.

You can find the demo file for this video here:
https://app.works/community/filemaker-cool-tricks/

Here is the variable scope video we mentioned:
https://youtu.be/SVKZHxaj1Ec

Here is the while function video we mentioned:
https://youtu.be/7rueQpi0I0I

Here you can find Todd Geist’s Github:
https://github.com/geistinteractive/fm-json-additions

Happy Developing!

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