OttoFMS Webhooks

Back in 2023 I wrote about some options for receiving webhooks using FileMaker Server. We had just added support for Claris Connect and were also recommending Otto from Proof+Geist as another alternative to using the PHP webhook files we had supplied with our integration solutions for many years.

We found that Otto was by far the simplest and quickest way to setup a webhook receiver. It was a paid product but we thought it was well worth the price given the time you could save setting up webhooks with Otto. Last year Proof+Geist released a major update to Otto – it’s now called OttoFMS and is now also free to anyone to download and install.

While our interest was in the webhooks feature OttoFMS does a whole lot more than that. OttoFMS helps developers automate data migrations, transfer files between servers, perform offsite backups, and more. OttoFMS works with OttoDeploy to provide a complete solution for automating FileMaker Server DevOps workflows. At the Claris Engage conference earlier this year Proof+Geist were deserved winners of the Claris Innovation Excellence Award for OttoFMS.

If you’re using their Ottomatic hosting platform OttoFMS is built-in and you can organise and view all your servers in a single dashboard. You can even view your on-premise FileMaker Servers using the Ottomatic – over 1,200,000 webhooks are being received each month using OttoFMS on the Ottomatic Platform.

With the release of OttoFMS support for Otto 3 is being phased out. We’ve added support for OttoFMS to our FileMaker integration solutions and updated our support site with new articles. You can read our support guides for setting up webhooks with OttoFMS here:

• DocuSign Webhooks using OttoFMS
• Shopify Webhooks using OttoFMS
• WooCommerce Webhooks using OttoFMS
• QuickBooks Online Webhooks using OttoFMS
• fmSMS Webhooks using OttoFMS
• fmMMS Webhooks using OttoFMS

There’s a great community support forum where you can ask questions which is monitored by Proof+Geist staff. Thanks Proof+Geist for making OttoFMS free for the FileMaker community and providing access to professional DevOps tools for developers of all skill levels.