Yii2: Rest POST Request Parameters not arriving - php

Question

Good morning,
I dont get any further in this Topic so i am writing a Question here.
First of all i created a DB Table with Data from the Tutorial: https://www.yiiframework.com/doc/guide/2.0/en/start-databases
Then i created a Rest Controller from that Tutorial with the Data above: https://www.yiiframework.com/doc/guide/2.0/en/rest-quick-start
The first example GET Request from the Tutorial works fine and gives me all of the data from the DB.
My Request URL: http://XX.X.X.12:XX90/country/
Now we come to my Error when trying to create a new Country in the DB via a POST Request.
When using the CURL Command from underneath the Tutorial with my Test-Data i get following error:
SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 1364 Field 'code' doesn't have a default value**strong text**
(
[0] => HY000
[1] => 1364
[2] => Field 'code' doesn't have a default value
)
My standard logging from rest api says that the POST Var is empty, but why?
I also tested sending POST Request via a Tool (Postman) but i get the same error.
$_GET = []
$_POST = []
$_FILES = []
$_COOKIE = []
$_SERVER = [....]
My Model:
<?php
namespace app\models;
use yii\db\ActiveRecord;
class Country extends ActiveRecord
{
}
My Controller:
<?php
namespace app\controllers;
use yii\rest\ActiveController;
class CountryController extends ActiveController
{
public $modelClass = 'app\models\Country';
}
My CURL Request:
curl -i -H "Accept:application/json" -H "Content-Type:application/json" \
-XPOST "http://XX.X.X.12:XX90/countries/" \
-d '{"code": "TEST", "name": "TestCountry", "population": 01}'
My web.php Config:
<?php
$params = require __DIR__ . '/params.php';
$db = require __DIR__ . '/db.php';
$config = [
'id' => 'basic',
'basePath' => dirname(__DIR__),
'bootstrap' => ['log'],
'aliases' => [
'#bower' => '#vendor/bower-asset',
'#npm' => '#vendor/npm-asset',
],
'name' => 'Yii2-ExtJS Rest API',
'modules' => [
'user' => [
'class' => Da\User\Module::class,
// ...other configs from here: [Configuration Options](installation/configuration-options.md), e.g.
'administrators' => ['admin'], // this is required for accessing administrative actions
// 'generatePasswords' => true,
// 'switchIdentitySessionKey' => 'myown_usuario_admin_user_key',
],
'debug' => [
'class' => 'yii\debug\Module',
'allowedIPs' => ['XX.X.X.XXX', 'XX.XXX.XXX.XXX', '127.0.0.1', '::1']
],
],
'components' => [
'request' => [
// !!! insert a secret key in the following (if it is empty) - this is required by cookie validation
'cookieValidationKey' => 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX',
'parsers' => [
'application/json' => 'yii\web\JsonParser',
]
],
'cache' => [
'class' => 'yii\caching\FileCache',
],
'errorHandler' => [
'errorAction' => 'site/error',
],
'mailer' => [
'class' => \yii\symfonymailer\Mailer::class,
'viewPath' => '#app/mail',
// send all mails to a file by default.
'useFileTransport' => true,
],
'authManager' => [
'class' => 'yii\rbac\DbManager',
],
'log' => [
'traceLevel' => YII_DEBUG ? 3 : 0,
'targets' => [
[
'class' => 'yii\log\FileTarget',
// 'levels' => ['error', 'warning', 'trace', 'info'],
],
],
],
'db' => $db,
'urlManager' => [
'enablePrettyUrl' => true,
'enableStrictParsing' => false,
'showScriptName' => false,
'rules' => [
['class' => 'yii\rest\UrlRule',
'controller' => 'country'],
],
],
],
'params' => $params,
];
if (YII_ENV_DEV) {
// configuration adjustments for 'dev' environment
$config['bootstrap'][] = 'debug';
$config['modules']['debug'] = [
'class' => 'yii\debug\Module',
// uncomment the following to add your IP if you are not connecting from localhost.
'allowedIPs' => ['XX.X.X.XX', '::1'],
];
$config['bootstrap'][] = 'gii';
$config['modules']['gii'] = [
'class' => 'yii\gii\Module',
// uncomment the following to add your IP if you are not connecting from localhost.
//'allowedIPs' => ['127.0.0.1', '::1'],
];
}
return $config;
Suggestions?

Answer 1

You need to declare validation rules for working with the Rest API
Thanks to #Bizley
My Country Model now:
<?php
namespace app\models;
use yii\db\ActiveRecord;
class Country extends ActiveRecord
{
public function rules()
{
return [
[['code', 'name', 'population'], 'required']
];
}
}