getting json response from protected server - php

Question

How can i connect to this url
curl 'https://feeds.listhub.com/pickup-v2/<your account id>/' -H 'Content-Type: Application/json' --user <your_account_id>
I replaced and in both replaces.
Here is the documentation that they have sent me
https://developer.listhub.com/faq/#how-often-should-we-update-the-feed
when i try this from php curl i get a default get of containing zip files instead of a json response
$ch = curl_init($url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "GET");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTREDIR, 3);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, $username . ":" . $password);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true); // follow http 3xx redirects
$response = curl_exec($ch); // execute
// echo '<h2>API Response</h2>';
// print_r($resp_orders);
$resultStatus = curl_getinfo($ch);
if($resultStatus['http_code'] == 200) {
echo json_decode($response);
} else {
echo 'Call Failed '.print_r($resultStatus);
}
if i directly echo $response i get default webpage but i echo json_decode i get nothing..

Answer 1

There is no password.
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, $username . ":" . $password);
should just be
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, $username);
Where $username is equal to your_account_id
And you also need to set the header
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array(
'Content-Type: Application/json',
));
Hope that helps.