Send Data from Drupal to node.js

Question

I'm a newbie with drupal.

I was trying to send data from drupal to node.js function and save the data from node into mongo.

I wrote a function in php

function sample_working_submit($form, &$form_state) { //Function to connect with node and save into Mongo using node
  $Name = check_plain($form_state['values']['Name']);
  $Age = check_plain($form_state['values']['Age']);
  $request_url = "http://10.20.5.112:3001/save/$Name/$Age ";
  $response = drupal_http_request($request_url);
}

This is working as long as there is no 'space' between the names(input). How can save the input with spaces.Why does this issue came?

How can i rewrite the function as post?

GoodSp33d · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-03 16:27:50Z

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<?php
$url = http://localhost:8080/myservlet;

$data = array (
    'name' => check_plain($form_state['values']['Name']),
    'age' => check_plain($form_state['values']['Age'])
    );

$response = drupal_http_request($url, $headers, 'POST', json_encode($data));
?>

This would POST data to URL. Note that you need to change logic in server side as well to receive POST data instead of GET data.

Refer here for more info

answered Jun 3, 2013 at 16:27

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Okky Over a year ago

I was trying this but I'm getting error Warning: http_build_query(): Parameter 1 expected to be Array or Object. I included $headers = array();

Okky Over a year ago

$options = array( 'method' => 'POST', 'data' => $jsonData, 'timeout' => 15, 'headers' => array('Content-Type' => 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'), ); $result = drupal_http_request($request_url, $options);

Muhammad Reda · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-03 11:51:28Z

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If the space between the names is the issue, try using urlencode().

The code will be something like:

$Name = urlencode(check_plain($form_state['values']['Name']));

answered Jun 3, 2013 at 11:51

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Okky Over a year ago

But in this case its saved in the database with a '+'. Is there any way to avoid that?

Muhammad Reda Over a year ago

Where does the + come from ?!

Clive Over a year ago

@MuhammadReda Node.js application logic most probably. Sreekesh, you're going to need to alter this on the Node.js side of things.

Okky Over a year ago

When I input name as 'sreekesh okky' its send to the node as 'sreekesh+okky'

GoodSp33d Over a year ago

@SreekeshOkky Perhaps then you should splitup the parameters, or stil better use JSON, instead of relying on GET.

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carmel · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-03 14:03:21Z

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For POST requests I use SimpleBrowser instead of drupal_http_request(). It's easy to use and you'll be able to pass strings in any form.

answered Jun 3, 2013 at 14:03

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