API POST with array using HTTP gem (or RestClient)

Question

I'm having trouble with this api and can't seem to get over the hump. Using the HTTP gem (though I'm flexible and can use RestClient if that gets me an answer quicker!). Anyway, I'm having trouble posting an array. everything else is good, I just can't figure out this "itemsarray" in the printaura api found here in the addorder method: PrintAura API

I'm running this:

def self.submitorder   
  req = HTTP.post("https://api.printaura.com/api.php", :json => { 
        :key => APIKEY, 
        :hash => APIHASH, 
        :method => "addorder",
        :businessname => "this is a secret too",
        :businesscontact => "thats a secret",
        :email => "[email protected]",
        :your_order_id => "1",
        :returnlabel => "FakeAddress",
        :clientname => "ShippingName",
        :address1 => "ShippingAddressLine1",
        :address2 => "ShippingAddressLine2",
        :city => "ShippingCity",
        :state => "ShippingState",
        :zip => "ShippingZip",
        :country => "US",
        :customerphone => "dontcallme",
        :shipping_id => "1",
        :itemsarray => {:item => [ 
            :product_id => 423,
            :brand_id => 33,
            :color_id => 498,
            :size_id => 4,
            :front_print => 1389517,
            :front_mockup => 1390615,
            :quantity => 1
          ]}

    })

  puts JSON.parse(req)




end

And my output is this:

{"status"=>false, "error_code"=>19, "result"=>19, "message"=>"You cannot place an order without items, Please fill the items array with all the required information. Full API documentation can be found at https:/www.printaura.com/api/"}

Gosh, if someone could look at that and help me out I would forever appreciate it.

bwatson30 · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-28 18:07:03Z

def self.submitorder 
  itemsarray = { :items => [ { :product_id => 423, :brand_id => 33, :color_id => 498, :size_id => 4, :quantity => 1, :front_print => 1389517,
        :front_mockup => 1390617 } ] }
  req = HTTP.post("https://api.printaura.com/api.php", :json => { 
    :key => APIKEY, 
    :hash => APIHASH, 
    :method => "addorder",
    :businessname => "this is a secret too",
    :businesscontact => "thats a secret",
    :email => "[email protected]",
    :your_order_id => "1",
    :returnlabel => "FakeAddress",
    :clientname => "ShippingName",
    :address1 => "ShippingAddressLine1",
    :address2 => "ShippingAddressLine2",
    :city => "ShippingCity",
    :state => "ShippingState",
    :zip => "ShippingZip",
    :country => "US",
    :customerphone => "dontcallme",
    :shipping_id => "1",
    :items =>  Base64.encode64(itemsarray.to_json)}
)

  puts JSON.parse(req)

I really hopes this helps somebody some years from now haha

max · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-27 16:56:14Z

1

To create a array in JSON you use an array in Ruby. Its that easy.

require 'json'

def self.submitorder   
  req = HTTP.post("https://api.printaura.com/api.php", :json => { 
        :key => APIKEY, 
        :hash => APIHASH, 
        :method => "addorder",
        :businessname => "this is a secret too",
        :businesscontact => "thats a secret",
        :email => "[email protected]",
        :your_order_id => "1",
        :returnlabel => "FakeAddress",
        :clientname => "ShippingName",
        :address1 => "ShippingAddressLine1",
        :address2 => "ShippingAddressLine2",
        :city => "ShippingCity",
        :state => "ShippingState",
        :zip => "ShippingZip",
        :country => "US",
        :customerphone => "dontcallme",
        :shipping_id => "1",
        :items => [ 
           {
             :product_id => 423,
             :brand_id => 33,
             :color_id => 498,
             :size_id => 4,
             :front_print => 1389517,
             :front_mockup => 1390615,
             :quantity => 1
           }
        ]
    })

  puts JSON.parse(req)

The API lists a items parameter which should contain an array of objects. It says nothing about itemsarray.

answered Sep 27, 2017 at 16:56

max

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bwatson30 Over a year ago

That didn't work, same message. I'm so puzzled. I had tried that earlier, too. I just thought since it changed from $postfield to $itemsarray in the php example on their documentation I needed to make an 'itemsarray'

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