LMS API account creation resulting in an error - php

Question

I am working on Canvas LMS and have access token. I need to create an user account using web service in PHP. I have tried to do it using CURL (post method) but getting an error in response. However GET is working fine.
Like if I need to get information about course etc, it's working fine but account creation not working using CURL (post). Below is my code.
$url = "https://xxxxx.com/api/v1/accounts/2/users";
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt( $curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array( 'Authorization: Bearer ' .$token ) );
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, 'POST');
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, array(
'name' => 'vaue',
'short_name' => 'value',
'unique_id' => '1121',
));
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, CURLAUTH_BASIC);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_ENCODING, "");
$curlData = curl_exec($curl);
curl_close($curl);
Error:
stdClass Object
(
[errors] => Array
(
[0] => stdClass Object
(
[message] => An error occurred.
[error_code] => internal_server_error
)
)
[error_report_id] => 1124
)

Answer 1

I resolved my issue. The reason of "internal server error" was not sending required fields. Here are the required fields if someone need to know.
'user[name]' => '',
'user[terms_of_use]' => 'true',
'pseudonym[unique_id]' => '',//i.e valid email
'pseudonym[send_confirmation]'=>'true'
Now my CURL request is working fine and I am able to create an account successfully.

Answer 2

It looks like the keys for your arguments are incorrect. They should be:
'user[name]' => 'vaue',
'user[short_name]' => 'value',
'pseudonym[unique_id]' => '1121',
You can find the docs for your canvas install at: "https://{your canvas domain}/doc/api/index.html" or if you are using cloud hosted canvas at "api.instructure.com"