How can I make this api post request in PHP? - php

Question

I made a post request for an api using ajax. I wonder how I can do the same in php.
<script type="text/javascript">
var cbIntegrationId = "xxxxxx"; // I have it
var clientId = "xxxxxxx"; //I have it
var clientSecret = "xxxxx"; //I have it
var tableName = "Test_Database";
//Get access token
$.post(
"https://" + cbIntegrationId + ".caspio.com/oauth/token",
{
grant_type: "client_credentials",
client_id: clientId,
client_secret: clientSecret
},
function(cbAuth){
//Run POST call
$.ajax({
url: "https://" + cbIntegrationId + ".caspio.com/rest/v2/tables/" + tableName + "/records?response=rows",
type: 'POST',
'data': JSON.stringify({"UniqueID":"988"}), //Define record values
headers: {
"Authorization": "Bearer " + cbAuth.access_token, //Extracts the access token from the initial authorization call
"Content-Type": "application/json", //Required, otherwise 415 error is returned
"Accept": "application/json"
},
dataType: 'json',
success: function (data) {
console.log(data.Result); //Check the console to view the new added row
},
error: function(data) {
console.log(data.responseJSON); //Check the console to view error message if any
}
});
}
);
</script>
I did some research but couldn't find anything that would solve my problem. I really need your help.

Answer 1

You can use cURL to call an API using PHP.
So according to your case you are sending data using POST method. So, we can use cURL as follows with some headers,
$apiURL = "https://yourURL";
$uniqueID = "UniqueID:988";
$postData = json_encode($uniqueID); // Encode the data into a JSON string
$authorization = "Authorization: Bearer " . $token; // Prepare the authorization token
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array($authorization, 'Content-Type: application/json', 'Accept : application/json')); // Inject the token into the header
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true); // To get actual result from the successful operation
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION, CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1); // Specify HTTP protocol version to use;
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POST, 1); // Specify the request method as POST
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $apiURL); // Pass the API URL
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $postData); // Set the posted fields
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1); // This will follow any redirects
$response = curl_exec($curl); // Here you will get the response after executing
$error = curl_error($curl); // Return a string containing the last error for the current session
curl_close($curl); // Close a cURL session
Hope this helps you!