order POST request failing (400 error)

[Eli Lyonhart]

Hey all,

So, I'm making an initial request to POST /orders and believe that I've got all the fields properly filled, but I keep getting the response of: 

{"error": {

   "code": 400,

   "messages": [],

   "display_message": "One or more required parameters were missing."

}}

my request is: 

 -- https://opendining.net/api/v1/orders/?access_token=${token}&provider=${provider}&key=${api_key}

and the body is: 

 -- {"restaurant_id": "${restaurant_id}", "type": "takeout", "items": [${item1}], "order_id": "", "coupon": "", "ua": "", "app": "", "source": "", "force": "", "email": ""}

I've tried with and without the empty params. and I'm confident that my tokens and keys are correct.

What am i missing?

Thanks.

[no...@opendining.net]

Hey Eli,

The fields in your request look reasonable.  You probably won't want to supply an access token or provider.

The API only accepts form/urlencoded data, not JSON, so you'll want to make sure the following are done:

1. The Content-Type header is set to application/x-www-form-urlencoded

2. Your POST body is form-urlencoded, like: restaurant_id=ID&type=takeout

Give that a shot, and if it doesn't work, please post your full request with API keys redacted.

Thanks!

[Eli Lyonhart]

Follow up for posterity:


The body text needs to be set to Media Type: 'x-www-form-urlencoded' rather than 'application/json'. This isnt set as a header but in the "Media Type" dropdown above the body response.
its working like a charm now!

[Eli Lyonhart]

Thanks a ton for the response. I posted my original question before seeing that this forum had been dead for ~2 years.

And yah, its working great now. I followed up with a coworker who'd worked with the calls before and he looked at it and gave me more or less the same answer as you.

So,
Thanks!