PHP with cURL for POST

Question

I have little function for get content result with cURL; When i tried without POST, all working good, but with POST enabled, the result is null.

This code don't work:

function getAPI($url){
    $ch = curl_init();
    curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_URL,$url);
    curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_POST, true);
    curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,'shard=Apex');     
    curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
    curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_USERAGENT, "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.3) Gecko/20060426 Firefox/1.5.0.3");
    $result = curl_exec($ch);
    return $result; 
    curl_close($ch);
}

This code work but the request is not passed like a POST:

function getAPI($url){
    $ch = curl_init();
    curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_URL,$url);
    //curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_POST, true);
    //curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,'shard=Apex');   
    curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
    curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_USERAGENT, "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.3) Gecko/20060426 Firefox/1.5.0.3");
    $result = curl_exec($ch);
    return $result; 
    curl_close($ch);
}

I call this function with this command:

echo getAPI('http://world.needforspeed.com/SpeedAPI/ws/cmsbridge/news/rss/fr_FR');

You can also try with this URL

http://world.needforspeed.com/SpeedAPI/ws/game/nfsw/driver/levelkro/profile

This URL work only if shard=Apex (default shard=CHICANE for CHHICANE Server, but my profil is only available on Apex Server)

There is a lot left to the imagination on this one. Can you provide more details about what you are posting? When I post to this via command line I get <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <null/>. So is this API meant to be posted to? — Matt R.
– Matt R., Commented Aug 10, 2012 at 21:50
Have you tried passing as an array for you CURL_POSTFIELDS? — Jared Farrish
– Jared Farrish, Commented Aug 10, 2012 at 22:15

Marty McVry · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-10 22:34:34Z

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According to the SpeedAPI-manual (a simple Google-search) it would seem that the given URL does not accept the "shard" POST-parameter...

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You can however use a GET-request and use a shard-parameter where applicable according to the manual.

For example: http://world.needforspeed.com/SpeedAPI/ws/game/nfsw/driver/DRIVER_NAME/profile?shard=APEX (make sure you enter the shard-parameter in capitals)

edited Aug 10, 2012 at 22:34

answered Aug 10, 2012 at 21:51

Marty McVry

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Marty McVry Over a year ago

You can view the entire SpeedAPI manual @ http://world.needforspeed.com/SpeedAPI/doc/ You can only use the parameters listed under "Input parameters". Everything else should be passed using the URI parameters. (Basically: don't use POST...)

levelKro Over a year ago

I know the API, with socket I can make same request for GET and POST without problem (but it's long), just with cURL on POST I give an error.

Marty McVry Over a year ago

Does it work when you use echo getAPI('http://world.needforspeed.com/SpeedAPI/ws/game/nfsw/driver/DRIVER_NAME/profile?shard=Apex'); (with GET, not POST). Substitute DRIVER_NAME with an actual name or you'll get the DRIVERNAME_NO_MATCH-error.

levelKro Over a year ago

Try this url: world.needforspeed.com/SpeedAPI/ws/game/nfsw/driver/levelkro/… only work if shard=Apex because the profile is not on Chicane

Jared Farrish Over a year ago

Please try to refrain from "LMGTFY"-style answers. Either provide the answer or not, "simply google it" is beside the point.

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ceiroa · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-10 22:09:37Z

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Have you tried passing the parameter as an array like this instead:

curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,array('shard' => 'Apex'));

answered Aug 10, 2012 at 22:09

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levelKro Over a year ago

no sorry, return: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <null/>

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