Level 88
Instead of body you need to use form_params as the error message suggests!
This is because you use a newer version of Guzzle!
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Jun 17, 2018
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Level 1
Make a post request to an API error (Passing in the "body" request option as an array to send a POST request has been deprecated. )
I want to make a post request to an API but its appearing an error:
Passing in the "body" request option as an array
to send a POST request has been deprecated.
Please use the "form_params" request option to
send a application/x-www-form-urlencoded request,
or the "multipart" request option to send a multipart/form-data request.
The code:
public function createClient()
{
$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();
$array = ['invoice' => [
'date' => date('Y-m-d H:i:s'),
'due_date' => date('Y-m-d H:i:s'),
'client' => ['name' => 'John', 'code' => ''],
'items' => [
'item' => [
'name' => 'item1',
'description' => 'item1 desc',
'unit_price' => '10',
'quantity' => '1.0'
],
'item' => [
'name' => 'item2',
'description' => 'item 2 desc',
'unit_price' => '10',
'quantity' => '1.0'
]
]
]];
$result = ArrayToXml::convert($array);
$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://testname.app.invoicexpress.com/invoices.xml', [
'query' => ['api_key' => '...'], 'body' => [ $result],
]);
dd($response->getStatusCode());
}
Level 1
Thanks, now appears:
Client error: `POST https://testnae.app.invoicexpress.com/invoices.xml?api_key=...` resulted in a `422 Unprocessable Entity` response: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <errors> <error>Expected <invoice></error> </errors>
Do you know what can be the error?
Level 88
It says expected "invoice"! So you probably miss that key in your request. When you get a 422 http status code, it probably means that the data you submitted is not valid. So either a required field is missing or one of the values is invalid
Level 88
Also note that you need to post XML instead of an array. Right now it will be converted to json before it will be posted to the API. Instead you need to rebuild your array to xml and post that!
Array to XML: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1397036/how-to-convert-array-to-simplexml
Guzzle post XML: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34726530/proper-way-to-send-post-xml-with-guzzle-6
I have the feeling that you've never done this before and that we're doing your homework! Try to play with some API's first and see how they work ;)
Level 1
I already have: "$result = ArrayToXml::convert($array); " and $result shows the XML and it seems correct and it has the :
<?xml version="1.0"?>\n
<root>
<invoice>
<date>2018-06-17 18:58:51</date>
<due_date>2018-06-17 18:58:51</due_date>
<client>
<name>John</name>
<code></code>
</client>
<items>
<item>
<name>reg1</name>
<description>reg1 on evt</description>
<unit_price>10</unit_price>
<quantity>1.0</quantity>
</item>
</items>
</invoice>
</root>
Level 88
@johnk It's incorrect, because it starts with <root>! It should start with <invoice>!
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Level 1
Thanks, but in the $array there is no root do you know why it appears in the $result?
Level 88
That's default behaviour of converting an array to xml! If you don't want that you need to provide a string of XML to the post request! Check the links in my previous messages ;)
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Level 1
Thanks, it seems that they have a JSON version of the api also "https://developers.invoicexpress.com/docs/versions/2.0.0/resources/invoices".
To create a new client along with the invoice the curl command is like:
curl --request POST \
--url 'https://account_name.app.invoicexpress.com/:document-type.json?api_key=YOUR%20API%20KEY%20HERE' \
--header 'accept: application/json' \
--header 'content-type: application/json' \
--data '{"invoice":{"date":"03/12/2017","due_date":"03/12/2017","client":{"name":"Client Name","code":"A1"},"items":[{"name":"Item Name","description":"Item Description","unit_price":"100","quantity":"5"}]}}'
But using guzzle like below it shows:
Client error: `POST https://testname.app.invoicexpress.com/:document-type.json?api_key=...` resulted in a `404 Not Found` response: <!doctype html> <!--[if lt IE 7]> <html class="no-js ie6 oldie" lang="en"> <![endif]--> <!--[if IE 7]> <html class="n (truncated...)
Do you know what is the error in the createInvoice()?
createClient():
public function createInvoice()
{
$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();
$array = ['invoice' => [
'date' => date('Y-m-d H:i:s'),
'due_date' => date('Y-m-d H:i:s'),
'client' => ['name' => 'John', 'code' => ''],
'items' => [
'item' => [
'name' => 'item1',
'description' => 'item1 desc',
'unit_price' => '10',
'quantity' => '1.0'
],
'item' => [
'name' => 'item2',
'description' => 'item 2 desc',
'unit_price' => '10',
'quantity' => '1.0'
]
]
]];
$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://testname.app.invoicexpress.com/:document-type.json', [
'query' => ['api_key' => '...'], 'form_params' => [ json_encode($array)],
]);
dd($response->getStatusCode());
}
Level 88
So when it's a json api you don't have to json_encode it anymore! Also you need to post to a valid url. So replace /: with /
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Level 1
Thanks, but it shows the same error with:
$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://testname.app.invoicexpress.com/document-type.json', [
'query' => ['api_key' => '...'], 'form_params' => [$array],
]);
Error:
Client error: `POST https://testname.app.invoicexpress.com/document-type.json?api_key=...` resulted in a `404 Not Found` response: <!doctype html> <!--[if lt IE 7]> <html class="no-js ie6 oldie" lang="en"> <![endif]--> <!--[if IE 7]> <html class="n (truncated...)
The name 'testname' and apki key are correct, acessing this url it works "https://testname.app.invoicexpress.com/invoices.json?api_key=...". It shows:
invoices []
Level 88
It says 404 not found, so the URL must be incorrect or the data you try to fetch does not exists!
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