Duplicate a record

To duplicate a record, use an HTTP POST method with the records API endpoint specifying the database name, layout name, and record ID.

HTTP method

POST

URL

/fmi/data/version/databases/database-name/layouts/layout-name/records/record-id

version – the FileMaker Data API version requested can use v1, v2, or vLatest

database-name – the name of the hosted database

layout-name – the name of the layout to use as the context for editing the record

record-id – the record ID of the record to edit

HTTP header

Content-Type: application/json

Authorization: Bearer session-token, where session-token is the unique X-FM-Data-Access-Token value for the database session
Parameters

Optional request body parameters:
Response

The record ID of the new record, and a messages array showing an error code of 0.

For example:

Copy 
{
  "response": {
    "recordId": "7", 
    "modId": "0"
  },
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": "0",
      "message": "OK"
    }
  ]
}

See Error responses.