ColdFusion 2016 Rest API to SCOUT - Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json

[torstenp33246615]

I am attempting to run a simple REST api with ColdFusion and receiving same error regardless of attempt. The call works fine in Postman with the 4 params. But cant recreate in ColdFusion 2016 CFHTTP.

<cfhttp url="https://api.sandbox.scoutrfp.com/v3/contracts" method="GET" result="ITEM_INFO">

        <cfhttpparam type="header" name="X-Api-Key" value="#variables.API_KEY#">

        <cfhttpparam type="header" name="X-User-Token" value="#variables.USER_TOKEN#">

        <cfhttpparam type="header" name="Content-Type" value="application/vnd.api+json">

        <cfhttpparam type="header" name="X-User-Email" value="#variables.USER_EMAIL#">

</cfhttp>

I have replaced the header with type cgi as

<cfhttpparam type="CGI" encoded="false" name="Content_Type" value="application/vnd.api+json">

I have added all temp headers that postman sends.

Always same error: Missing or incorrect Content-Type header for JSON:API: Expected request to include 'Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json

Seems CFHTTP tag not properly sending value "application/vnd.api+json" - perhaps encoding it incorrectly in some fashion? Is there another means to send this Content-Type via CFHTTP to get a response?

[BKBK]

Two tips:

1) method="POST"

2) Any luck with this?

<cfhttpparam type="header" name="Content-Type" value="application/vnd#chr(46)#api#chr(43)#json">

Or this?

<cfhttpparam type="header" name="Content-Type" value="application/vnd#chr(46)#api#chr(43)#json;charset=UTF-8">

[torstenp33246615]

appreciate the reply...but neither of those worked.

[BKBK]

Our posts crossed. I was still editing mine.

What happens when you switch to "POST" method?

[torstenp33246615]

I will try any and all 😉

attempted as POST also with both headers also...same errors.

[BKBK]

Sorry to hear that.

Perhaps the content-type application/vnd.api+json is too new for ColdFusion.

You could, as an alternative, install CURL, then do something like:

(The intention is to save the result in the current directory. That is, the directory containing this CFM file)

<!--- Use your own path to the Curl executable --->

<cfexecute name = "C:\bin\curl-7.35.0-win64\bin\curl.exe" 
     arguments = ' -H "X-Api-Key:#variables.API_KEY#" -H "X-User-Token:#variables.USER_TOKEN#" -H "Content-Type:application/vnd.api+json" -H  "X-User-Email:#variables.USER_EMAIL#" https://api.sandbox.scoutrfp.com/v3/contracts ' 
outputfile="#expandPath('.')#\ITEM_INFO.html" />