POST Request in Velocity

[Jeff Crowder]

I'm attempting to make a POST request to an json API endpoint, but it seems that the request is not being made or at least that the result of the request is coming back as null. I've validated that the endpoint is working properly by making a request to it via postman.

Below is the code I'm running. (It's worth noting that this post request doesn't require any data in the body of the request)

#set($apiresult = $json.post($url, {}))

Any help to set me on the correct path would be appreciated!

[Mark Pitely]

Jeff,

I find $json.fetch($url) works better if you are not actually doing a POST. A POST is usually to send, not retrieve, data, or if you have to pass credentials to touch the API endpoint.

If you give us the endpoint (if it is not private) we can also test externally and give you working code. 

Mark Pitely

Marywood University

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[Jeff Crowder]

Mark,

Unfortunately, in this instance, the endpoint I'm hitting must be done via a POST even though no data is being passed through. I don't have the ability to modify that endpoint to allow it to accept get requests.

[Falzone, Chris]

Does the request body specifically need to be empty or could you add a dummy value in there?

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[Jeff Crowder]

Chris,

I've tried adding both dummy headers and dummy data in the request. Neither has made a difference.

[Mark Pitely]

Hrm. Perhaps share your full actual code, perhaps there is a typo or something we can spot? Does the log contain any hints, like a 500/400/403 error?

You could also route around the issue with a microservice/PHP call that does the POST for you?

Mark Pitely

Marywood University

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[Jeff Crowder]

Fortunately I was just now able to make progress on the issue.

It turns out, the endpoint was requiring a content length header to be sent along. Postman sends those by default, so I wasn't seeing the issue there. I tried making the call using a curl request and I got the notification that a content length was needed. Even though I was using the dotlogger, I wasn't receiving that notification through the velocity script. Is there someplace in dotcms logs that I would be able to see this information? Or do they bury it?

[Mark Pitely]

Great! 

What is logged or not logged is a mystery wrapped in a conundrum, or the more concise: YMMV.

I'm guessing there is something in the dotcms.log that would have pointed it out. Depends on your version, etc. 

M

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