I'm using the Requests for PHP library to POST some json data to another PHP script (I'm using Laravel's Response::json method to generate the json output:
public function postIndex()
{
$input = Input::get();
$data = Response::json($input);
$url = 'http://mydomain.com/emails/events';
$response = Requests::post($url, array('Content-Type' => 'application/json'), $data);
return $response->status_code;
}
I need the script on the receiving end (http://mydomain.com/emails/events) to decode and process the json, but I'm having a hard time accessing it. I setup a simple test script that emails me the contents of $_POST, but it comes up empty every time.
$post_data = print_r($_POST,true);
mail("my#email.com","post data",$post_data);
What am I doing wrong here?
PHP do not parse Json POST. So you need to get raw post data like this:
$data = file_get_contents("php://input");
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I am trying to get the POST data that is being sent to a controller method within my CI project. However, I am not able to get this data which ever way I try to get it.
I have checked NGROK Inspect and Im able to see the data that I want as you can see in the screenshot below:
The problem is when I try to access this date from the controller method itself, I get nothing, not sure if Im accessing it wrong, but the following are what I have tried:
$Data = json_decode(file_get_contents('php://input'), true); //Method 1
$response = $this->input->post("Body"); // Method 2
$data = $this->input->post(); //Method 3
I get nothing whenever I try to use the methods above.
This is how the Controller method looks like, basically, it creates a json file and saves the response there:
public function resolve_payment(){
$data = $this->input->post();
$fp = fopen("testdir.json", 'w');
fwrite($fp, json_encode($data, JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES));
fclose($fp);
}
I am sending a parameters from my android app to php for the purpose of image upload using SimpleMultiPartRequest as follows:
smr.addStringParam("userid", userid);
smr.addStringParam("caption", caption);
I tried accessing the parametersuserid and caption in php using $_POST[] but returns an empty response.
Help needed on which method to use in php to access the above variables
I do know about SimpleMultiPartRequest but I am sending my data by json object and catch at php by following code in php.
try this if work.
$data = file_get_contents("php://input");
$json = json_decode($data,TRUE);
$userid = $json["userid"];
$caption = $json["caption"];
One of my partners has an API service which should send an HTTP POST request whenever a new file is published. This requires me to have an api file which will get the POST this way:
http://myip:port/api/ReciveFile
and requesting that the JSON format request should be:
{
"FILE ":"filename.zip",
"FILE_ID":"123",
"FILE_DESC":"PRUPOUS_FILE",
"EXTRAVAR":"",
"EXTRAVAR2":"",
"USERID":" xxxxxxxxxxxx",
"PASSWORD":"yyyyyyyyyyy"
}
Meanwhile it should issue a response, in JSON format if it got the file or not
{"RESULT_CODE":0,"RESULT_DESCR":""}
{"RESULT_CODE":1001,"RESULT_DESCR":"Bad request"}
And after, when I am finished elaborating the file, I should send back the modified file same way.
The question is, now basically from what I understand he will send me the variables witch I have to read, download the file, and send a response back.
I am not really sure how to do this any sample code would be welcomed!
I'm not sure exactly what the question is, but if you mean creating a success response in JSON for if an action occurred while adding data to it which is what can be understood from the question, just create an array with the values you wish to send back to the provider and do json_encode on the array which should create json and just print it back as a response.
About receiving the information; all you have to do is use the integrated curl functions or use a wrapper (Guzzle, etc) to output the raw JSON or json_decode data into a variable and do whatever you please with it.
From what I read in the question, you wish to modify the contents of it. This can be achieved by just decoding the json and changing the variables in the array, then printing the modified JSON back as a response.
Example (this uses GuzzleHTTP as an example):
$res = $client->request('GET', 'url');
$json = $res->getBody();
$array = json_decode($json, 1); // decode the json
// Start modifying the values or adding
$array['value_to_modify'] = $whatever;
$filename = $array['filename']; // get filename
// make a new request
$res = $client->request('GET', 'url/'.$filename);
// get the body of specified filename
$body = $res->getBody();
// Return the array.
echo json_encode($body);
References:
http://docs.guzzlephp.org/en/latest/
I am using slim php framework for developing REST API. I am successful in implementing POST and GET requests. I am using ContentTypes middleware as well to parse the JSON body in POST and PUT requests however my PUT request always gives empty string on the server. POST just works fine and I can get the parsed JSON as PHP associative array but cant get it in PUT request. I am using application/json in headers and I dont want to use application/x-www-form-urlencoded method.
$app->map('/example/:id', function ($id) use($app, $log) {
//$body = $app->request()->getBody();
//using the above in other POST calls & it works but does not in this case
$body = json_decode($app->request()->getBody()); //tried this. no success
var_dump($body);
} )->via ( 'PUT', 'PATCH' );
I am calling it via CURL like this
$headers = array(
'Content-Type'=>'application/json;charset=utf-8',
);
$id = 123;
$body = array("name"=>"myfirstname","email"=>"myemail");
$json_str = json_encode($body);
$response = Requests::put($base_url.'/api/v1/example/'.$id,$headers,$json_str);
When I try to return the same JSON from the API it returns empty array. I tried POSTMAN on chrome and above code but does not work. What is the issue.
Update: I have verified the same code works on localhost but does not work on remote dev server. What can be the reason? Do I need to alter any settings on server?
Slim reads php://input to get the contents of the request body, so whatever the problem is it has to do with the particulars of that stream.
Do you have some other code that tries to read php://input? If so, note that this is only possible starting from PHP 5.6 (which your local machine may have when your server does not).
Try using getInstance().
$body = json_decode($app->getInstance()->request()->getBody());
I have the following web method in my web api controller
public HttpResponseMessage PostMakeBooking(FacilityBookingRequest bookingRequest)
{
var returnStatus = HttpStatusCode.OK;
var json = new JavaScriptSerializer().Serialize(bookingRequest);
var response = Request.CreateResponse<CardholderResponse>(returnStatus, cardholderResponse);
return response;
}
When I make this call from my .NET app, my json string appears correctly when I seralize it
{"correlationId":null,"RequestId":"7ec5092a-342a-4e32-9311-10e7df3e3683","BookingId":"BK-123102","CardholderId":"123456","BookingFrom":"\/Date(1370512706448)\/","BookingUntil":"\/Date(1370523506449)\/","DeviceId":"ACU-01-R2","Action":"Add","LoginId":"tester","Password":"tester"}
However, when I made to call from my php script
public function web_request(){
$guid =self::getGUID();
$replace = array("{","}");
$guid = str_replace($replace, "", $guid);
$client = new Zend_Rest_Client("http://203.92.72.221");
$request= new myZendCommon_FacilityBookingRequest();
$request->RequestId =$guid;
$request->BookingFrom ="27/03/2013 05:30";
$request->BookingUntil ="27/03/2013 06:30";
$request->CardholderId ="E0185963";
$request->DeviceId ="ACU-B2-01-R1";
$request->BookingId ="111";
$request->Action ="Add";
$request->LoginId ="tester";
$request->correlationId ="(null)";
$request->Password ="tester";
$request = json_encode($request);
$response = $client->restPost("/ibsswebapi/api/facilitybooking",$request);
print_r($response);
exit();
The call goes to my web method, but when I serialize it using JavaScriptSerializer().Serialize(bookingRequest)
{"correlationId":null,"RequestId":null,"BookingId":null,"CardholderId":null,"BookingFrom":"\/Date(-62135596800000)\/","BookingUntil":"\/Date(-62135596800000)\/","DeviceId":null,"Action":null,"LoginId":null,"Password":null}
All the values are null.
Is something wrong with the script?
I believe Kiran is right. Not sure why some one has felt his answer is not useful. Anyways, my understanding is that you are creating a JSON string and doing a form post of the same. I guess in this case the content type is sent as application/www-form-urlencoded but request body is a JSON string. You can use Fiddler to see how the request is being sent by the PHP script. I don't have the PHP knowledge to tell you how you can post JSON but my guess is that if you just remove the JSON encoding line $request = json_encode($request);, it should be okay.
From ASP.NET Web API point of view, if the request has Content-Type: application/json header and the body has the right JSON or if the request has Content-Type:application/www-form-urlencoded header and the body has the form url encoded content like RequestId=7ec5092a-342a-4e32-9311-10e7df3e3683&BookingId=BK-123102 and so on, web API will absolutely have no problem in binding. Currently, the request is not being sent in the right format for web API to bind.
Are you sending the header Content-Type:application/json in your request?
Also add the following piece of code to catch any model state validation errors:
.
if (!ModelState.IsValid)
{
throw new HttpResponseException(
Request.CreateErrorResponse(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest, this.ModelState));
}