JSON call - PHP to CFML translation

[MarcovandenOever]

Hi all,

I am working on communicating to an api of a domain register, now i found the following code that is voor php:

$domain = "test.nl";
$params = array();
$request_url = "https://httpapi.yoursrs.com/v1/domains/" . urlencode($domain) . "/check";
$response = sendRequest($request_url, $params, "tester", "pass1234");
print_r($response);

Now i need to change this to cfml code and i tried:

<cfset jsondata = {
login_handle = "username",
login_pass = "password"
} />

<cfhttp
url="https://httpapi.yoursrs.com/v1/domains/test.nl/check"
method="post"
result="result">

#SerializeJSON(jsondata)#  

</cfhttp>

Still i have no luck, does anyone can translate that php to cfml?

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$response = sendRequest($request_url, $params, "tester",

"pass1234");

A quick google search suggests sendRequest is not a standard php function. What does the sendRequest function do and how is json involved ...?

[MarcovandenOever]

From the API doc this is the code how it should be used:

Request

Method: POST
URL: https://httpapi.yoursrs.com/v1/domains/example.com/check
BODY:
{
"login_handle":"example_user",
"login_pass":"********"
}

Response

{
"command":"domain:check",
"handle":"example.com",
"code":1000,
"msg":"Command completed successfully",
"error":[
],
"params":{
"handle":"example.com"
},
"svTRID":"158759-2-yoursrs",
"response":{
"avail":"0"
}
}

So this JSON markup needs to be placed inside the body of the post request.

Any idea's? Or examples somewhere?

I can find pieces of info around the net but nowhere a full example...

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Try using cfhttpparam type="body"

http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/8/htmldocs/help.html?content=Tags_g-h_10.html

[MarcovandenOever]

Tried that also like:

<cfhttp url="https://httpapi.yoursrs.com/v1/domains/test.nl/check" method="post">

<cfhttpparam type="body" name="login_handle" value="namevalue">
<cfhttpparam type="body" name="login_pass" value="passvalue">

</cfhttp>

#cfhttp.fileContent#

Keep getting error about:

{"command":null,"handle":null,"code":2400,"msg":"Command failed","error":["Internal Server Error. resulted in the following error: array_key_exists() [function.array-key-exists<\/a>]: The second argument should be either an array or an object"],"params":[],"svTRID":null,"response":[],"children":[{"command":"Internal Server Error.","handle":null,"code":2400,"msg":"Command failed","error":["array_key_exists() [function.array-key-exists<\/a>]: The second argument should be either an array or an object"],"params":{"errno":2,"errstr":"array_key_exists() [function.array-key-exists<\/a>]: The second argument should be either an array or an object","errfile":"\/home\/live\/httpapi\/v1\/index.php","errline":54},"svTRID":null,"response":[]}]}

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From what you have described, the encoded json should be sent as the body of the request. So there should be only one tag with type="body".

[MarcovandenOever]

OK, tried this:

<cfset jsondata = {
login_handle = "namevalue",
login_pass = "passvalue"
} />

<cfset jsondata = SerializeJSON(jsondata)>

<cfhttp
url="https://httpapi.yoursrs.com/v1/domains/test.nl/check"
method="post">

<cfhttpparam type="body" name="params" value="#jsondata#">

</cfhttp>

Now i get:

{"command":null,"handle":null,"code":2003,"msg":"Required parameter  missing","error":["Parameter 'login_handle' missing.","Parameter  'login_pass'  missing."],"params":{"LOGIN_PASS":"passvalue","LOGIN_HANDLE":"namevalue","handle":"test.nl"},"svTRID":null,"response":[]}

Message was edited by: marco van den oever

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<cfhttpparam type="body" name="params" value="#jsondata#">

It looks right.  Try it without the name "params". Maybe that is confusing things?

[MarcovandenOever]

Ah got it, i used:

<cfset jsondata = {
login_handle = "namevalue",
login_pass = "passvalue"
} />

That should be:

<cfset jsondata = {
"login_handle":"namevalue",
"login_pass":"passvalue"
} />

So the JSON markup was not correctly set...

Thanks for correcting and guiding me!

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So the JSON markup was not correctly set...

Yes, but calling SerializeJSON() before you send the packet should generate the correct mark up.  Maybe it was a case sensitivity problem.  (Notice how CF converted the keys to upper case in the error message). Just for grins try setting the keys with assocative array notation.  Any difference ?

<cfset jsonData = {}>

<cfset jsonData["login_handle"] = "namevalue">

<cfset jsonData["login_pass "] = "passvalue">

<cfset jsonData = SerializeJSON(jsonData)>

[MarcovandenOever]

I tried and now it works! That is the correct way of doing so