Razorpay x Api call BAD_REQUEST_ERROR using Laravel - php

Question

I am trying to integrate razorpay x api for creating contacts and this is the sample api request data from razorpay. reference_id and notes are optional.
curl -u <YOUR_KEY>:<YOUR_SECRET> \
-X POST https://api.razorpay.com/v1/contacts \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"name":"Gaurav Kumar",
"email":"gaurav.kumar#example.com",
"contact":"9123456789",
"type":"employee",
"reference_id":"Acme Contact ID 12345",
"notes":{
"notes_key_1":"Tea, Earl Grey, Hot",
"notes_key_2":"Tea, Earl Grey… decaf."
}
}'
and below is my curl function data sent to razorpay.
$user=User::find($request->input('user_id'));
$payload= '{
"name":"'.$user->name.'",
"email":"'.$user->email.'",
"contact":"'.$user->mobile_number.'"
"type":"customer"
}';
$key="test_key";
$secret="secret_key";
$url = 'https://api.razorpay.com/v1/contacts';
$ch = curl_init($url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $payload);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ['Content-Type:application/json']);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, $key . ":" . $secret);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$result = curl_exec($ch);
print_r($result);
curl_close($ch);
I am getting response as name field is required, eve though I have sent all the request fields in the request parameter. Please suggest me if my curl function is correct or not. below is the response from api call
{
"error":
{
"code": "BAD_REQUEST_ERROR",
"description": "The name field is required.",
"metadata": {},
"field": "name"
}
}

Answer 1

Please specify the request method:
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);