Php cURL with calling an API with GRAPHQL

Question

I am trying to call an api called Wave I have used cURL before but never with GRAPHQL queries. I am wondering what is wrong with the below when using cURL. I get an error Bad Request Below is an exmple of my code.

This is what the API cURL is

curl -X POST "https://reef.waveapps.com/graphql/public" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "query": "query { user { id defaultEmail } }" }'


$ch = curl_init();

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://reef.waveapps.com/graphql/public');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 0);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, '{ "query": "query { user { id defaultEmail } }');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);


$headers = array();
$headers[] = 'Content-Type: application/json';
$headers[] = 'Authorization: Bearer 1212121';
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);

$result = curl_exec($ch);
var_dump($result);

if (curl_errno($ch)) {
    echo 'Error:' . curl_error($ch);
}

Any help would be helpful.

Any chance you could mark my answer as solved?

Steve Mc
– Steve Mc

2022-03-22 03:22:25 +00:00
Commented Mar 22, 2022 at 3:22 — Steve Mc
– Steve Mc, Commented Mar 22, 2022 at 3:22

Steve Mc · Accepted Answer · 2024-03-29 23:56:02Z

For those wanting to query a GraphQL service WITHOUT a third party library, I basically took Brian's code and tested against a GraphCMS service I had already written Node.js code for. So I knew the url, authorization token, and query all worked.

<?php
$endpoint = "https://api-euwest.graphcms.com/v1/[[your id number here]]/master";//this is provided by graphcms
$authToken = "[[your auth token]]";//this is provided by graphcms
$qry = '{"query":"query {products(where:{status:PUBLISHED}){title,img,description,costPrice,sellPrice,quantity,sku,categories {name},brand {name}}}"}';

$headers = array();
$headers[] = 'Content-Type: application/json';
$headers[] = 'Authorization: Bearer '.$authToken;

$ch = curl_init();

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $endpoint);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 0);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $qry);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);

$result = curl_exec($ch);
var_dump($result);

if (curl_errno($ch)) {
    echo 'Error:' . curl_error($ch);
}

?>

All worked good. The auth token is a big long character string provided by GraphCMS and only needs to be passed in the header. So no real tricky authentication process - as long as you have the token.

spawnia · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-01 10:22:52Z

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I can recommend using https://github.com/softonic/graphql-client, it has worked great for us.

answered Mar 1, 2019 at 10:22

spawnia

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Brian Nowlan Over a year ago

It works well but I am using an Access token and it does not require OAuth2 not sure if you have the sem process?

spawnia Over a year ago

Have not dealt with authentication yet, as our API is only internal.

milo5b Over a year ago

In this library there is an helper builder that uses OAuth2 guzzle middleware. However, you could use your own guzzle middleware in the same way: github.com/softonic/graphql-client/blob/master/src/…

Edwin Broce · Accepted Answer · 2021-09-10 13:49:16Z

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A way easier way to go about doing this is by using an API platform. I often use Postman, the platform have the functionality to give you the PHP cURL code for a GraphQL request in the GraphQl tools part of the application.

answered Sep 10, 2021 at 13:49

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milo5b · Accepted Answer · 2019-05-10 08:09:15Z

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You can create your own client passing whatever middleware you'd like:

$clientWithMiddleware = \MyGuzzleClientWithMiddlware::build();
$graphQLClient = new \Softonic\GraphQL\Client(
    $clientWithMiddleware,
    new \Softonic\GraphQL\ResponseBuilder()
);

For an example how to build a Guzzle client with middleware you can check this out: https://github.com/softonic/guzzle-oauth2-middleware/blob/master/src/ClientBuilder.php

answered May 10, 2019 at 8:09

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Ucdemir · Accepted Answer · 2020-03-03 09:57:57Z

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If there is no authentication

You can use file_get_contents instead of curl

$url = http://myapi/graphql?query={me{name}}

$html =file_get_contents($url);
echo $html;

use json in query paramter for graphql;

answered Mar 3, 2020 at 9:57

Ucdemir

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Marvin Sweet Digital Agency · Accepted Answer · 2022-09-15 09:37:52Z

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Bit late but I made this code

$endpoint = "https://gql.waveapps.com/graphql/public";
$authToken = ""; //Your Bearer code
$qry = '{"query": "query {user {id firstName lastName defaultEmail createdAt modifiedAt}}"}';
$headers = array();
$headers[] = 'Content-Type: application/json';
$headers[] = 'Authorization: Bearer '.$authToken;

$ch = curl_init();

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $endpoint);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $qry);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);

$result = curl_exec($ch);
var_dump($result);

if (curl_errno($ch)) {
  echo 'Error:' . curl_error($ch);
}

answered Sep 15, 2022 at 9:37

Marvin Sweet Digital Agency

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