How to format POST request using PHP curl methods? - php

Question

I'm trying to send a post request with this payload:
$request_content = [
"data" => [
[
"sku" => "0987",
"price" => $price,
"category" => "moveis",
"brand" => "bartira",
"zip_code" => "07400000",
"affiliate" => "google-shopping"
]
]
];
Since it's a post i set the CURLOPT_POST to true;
$encoded_request = json_encode($request_content);
$ch = curl_init("https://my-service/endpoint/");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["Authorization: Token my-token"]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $encoded_request);
The $encoded_request content shown in print_r is:
{
"data": [
{
"sku": "0987",
"price": "5.99",
"category": "moveis",
"brand": "bartira",
"zip_code": "07400000",
"affiliate": "google-shopping"
}
]
}
If i use this content on the Postman i get the right response from the service that i'm requesting, but on my code i got the error;
{"data":["This field is required."]}
Which configuration i'm missing on curl_ to format the payload correctly?

Answer 1

You can try to set CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER and change your variable $request_content, something like this:
//set your data
$request_content = [
"data" => [
"sku" => "0987",
"price" => $price,
"category" => "moveis",
"brand" => "bartira",
"zip_code" => "07400000",
"affiliate" => "google-shopping"
]
];
$encoded_request = json_encode($request_content);
$ch = curl_init("https://my-service/endpoint/");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $encoded_request);
// Set HTTP Header for POST request
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, [
'Authorization: Token my-token',
'Content-Type: application/json',
'Content-Length: ' . strlen($encoded_request)]
);