Friday, January 26, 2024

[SOLVED] PHP: How to send cURL request using GET?

Issue

I am using cURL for an API call, below is my code:

$data = array(
            'r'                          =>  'create',
            '_object'                    =>  'Question',
            '_api_key'                   =>  '........',
            '_user_id'                   =>  $creator_id,
            '_subtype_id'                =>  $type_id,
            '_subtopic_id'               =>  $subtopic_id,
            '_title'                     =>  $title,
            '_description'               =>  $description,             
            '_encoded_xml'               =>  $main_xml
        );
     
        $ch = curl_init();

        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL,"http://urlhere/v1/resources/objects");
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,$data);

        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);    
        $server_output = curl_exec($ch);    
        curl_close ($ch);
        print_r($server_output);

I want these parameters to be sent as GET request instead of POST, how can I do that pls advise


Solution

CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS is for the body (payload) of a POST request. For GET requests, the payload is part of the URL.

You just need to construct the URL with the arguments you need to send (if any), and remove the other options to cURL.


$data = array(
            'r'             =>  'create',
            '_object'       =>  'Question',
            '_api_key'      =>  '........',
            '_user_id'      =>  $creator_id,
            '_subtype_id'   =>  $type_id,
            '_subtopic_id'  =>  $subtopic_id,
            '_title'        =>  $title,
            '_description'  =>  $description,             
            '_encoded_xml'  =>  $main_xml
        );


        $send_data = http_build_query($data);
     
        $ch = curl_init();

        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL,"http://urlhere/v1/resources/objects?" . $send_data);
        // curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
        // curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,$data);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);    
        
        $server_output = curl_exec($ch);    
        curl_close ($ch);
        print_r($server_output);


Answered By - SH_
Answer Checked By - Gilberto Lyons (WPSolving Admin)
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