How can I make this api post request in 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.

Possible duplicate of [How do I send a POST request with PHP?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5647461/how-do-i-send-a-post-request-with-php) — catcon, Sep 24 '19 at 06:07
What is the problem that you are having, any errors or the unexpected behaviour should be part of your question to help others see what is going wrong. — Nigel Ren, Sep 24 '19 at 06:07

Hasitha Jayawardana · Accepted Answer · 2019-09-24T11:59:23.140

0

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!

edited Sep 24 '19 at 11:59

answered Sep 24 '19 at 07:08

Hasitha Jayawardana

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and i get this message `Bad request` – Amílcar Paco Sep 24 '19 at 11:54
thank you @Hasitha M Jayawardana. It works. I had failed the url – Amílcar Paco Sep 30 '19 at 06:38
Pleased to know it helped :) – Hasitha Jayawardana Sep 30 '19 at 07:02
Hello @Hasitha M Jayawardana. Today I want to edit some fields. How can i do that? I tried to edit the code that you sent me and it didnt work – Amílcar Paco Oct 18 '19 at 05:00
@AmílcarPaco What fields? I suggest you can open a new thread to that if you have another issue. – Hasitha Jayawardana Oct 18 '19 at 05:11
Stackoverflow no longer accepting questions from my account. Please see this link https://drive.google.com/open?id=1NPmM-HxPz6BjE4yieYV9REPNkLyZdaeq you may open a new thread and send us a link. Thank you – Amílcar Paco Oct 21 '19 at 07:43
@AmílcarPaco Check [this](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2440252/php-curl-i-need-a-simple-post-request-and-retrival-of-page-example) and [this](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2138527/php-curl-http-post-sample-code) – Hasitha Jayawardana Oct 28 '19 at 11:38

How can I make this api post request in PHP?

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