Pythonic FileMaker® access and FileMaker layout to Django model mapping.
Create a FileMakerModel: :
from django.contrib.flatpages.models import FlatPage
from django.contrib.sites.models import Site
from filemaker import fields, FileMakerModel
class FileMakerFlatPage(FileMakerModel):
# The first argument to a FileMaker field should be the field name for
# that item on the FileMaker layout
pk = fields.IntegerField('zpkFlatpageID')
url = fields.CharField('Url_FileMaker_Field')
title = fields.CharField('Title_FileMaker_Field')
content = fields.CharField('Content_FileMaker_Field')
# You can pass in a default value to any field
template_name = fields.CharField(
'Template_Name_Field', default='flatpages/default.html')
registration_required = fields.BooleanField(
'Registration_Required_Field', default=False)
sites = fields.ModelListField('SITES', model=FileMakerSite)
meta = {
'connection': {
'url': 'http://user:password@example.com/',
'db': 'Db_Name',
'layout': 'Layout_Name',
},
'model': FlatPage,
'pk_name': 'pk',
}
class FileMakerSite(FileMakerModel):
# On related fields we specify the relative field to the field name
# specified on the calling model (FileMakerFlatPage), unless the
# calling model uses the special '+self' value which passes the layout
# of that model to the sub model
domain = fields.CharField('Domain_field')
name = fields.CharField('Name_Field')
meta = {
'model': Site,
# abstract here means it is a child of an actual FileMaker layout
'abstract': True,
}Query FileMaker for instances of your model, and convert them to django instances using the to_django method: :: >>> # The Django style methods will convert field names >>> FlatPage.objects.count() == 0 True >>> fm_page = FileMakerFlatPage.objects.get(pk=1) >>> fm_page.to_django() <FlatPage: pk=1> >>> FlatPage.objects.count() == 1 True
You can also use the FileMaker style manager methods to query: :
>>> FileMakerFlatPage.objects.find(zpkFlatpageID=1)
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