Unexpected Error 400:Bad Request HttpBuilder POST Request

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I am using this code for POSTing JSON objeect to the URL groovy:

def http = new HTTPBuilder( 'myURL' ) // perform a POST request, expecting JSON response data http.request( POST, JSON ) { uri.path = myPath uri.query = [ service_key:'1.0', event_type: 'trigger' ] headers.'Content-Type' = 'application/json' // response handler for a success response code: response.success = { resp, json -> println resp.status // parse the JSON response object: json.responseData.results.each { ret = json.getText() println 'Response data: -----' println ret println '--------------------' } } // handler for any failure status code: response.failure = { resp -> println "Unexpected error: ${resp.status} : ${resp.statusLine.reasonPhrase}" } } Ajax Code that works:(EDITED) $.ajax({ url:'https://events.pagerduty.com/generic/2010-04-15/create_event.json', type: 'POST', contentType: 'application/json', data: JSON.stringify({ service_key: "1379ca7018e94343bf5fa5add9fa42eb", incident_key: "srv01/HTTP", event_type: "trigger", description: "TEst Test" }), dataType:'json' }); alert('Message Sent');

Everytime I get Unexpected error:400:Bad Request, Same thing if I do it with $.ajax() it works. I get HTTP:200 OK on the response.What is going wrong here?

Thank You.

400 Bad Request is a response from the Server. Without knowing what service you are actually calling it's hard to know what's wrong...Can you add the $.ajax() code that works... — Phil Parker
– Phil Parker, Commented Dec 13, 2013 at 19:40
Do you need to Stringify your data in this line http.request( POST, JSON ) or is it already an appropriate format? — Kasapo
– Kasapo, Commented Dec 13, 2013 at 19:48

Phil Parker · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-13 20:02:21Z

In the ajax example you are passing 4 elements as a JSON body, which will end up like this:

{"service_key": "1379ca7018e94343bf5fa5add9fa42eb", "incident_key": "srv01/HTTP", "event_type": "trigger", "description": "TEst Test"}

But in the groovy example you are only passing two query string params (which will be passed on the uri).

You should probably replace

uri.query = [ service_key:'1.0', event_type: 'trigger' ]

with:

body = [service_key:'1.0', incident_key: "srv01/HTTP", event_type: 'trigger' description: "TEst Test"]

You should also output the response data in your failure response handlers as many services will give you a description of why you are not meeting the service contract.

Putting body instead of uri.query gave me HTTP:200 .. Thank you

Kasapo · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-13 19:42:35Z

If you have access to the server that you're requesting data from, you should look at the log files.

A bad request generally means that the webserver doesn't like your URL, Query String or your HTTP headers. If you can get into the server you might be able to get more details.

Otherwise, is there a way you can log your request object before performing the HTTP post?

Also -- double check that your JSON data is properly formatted. In some frameworks I need to escape my JSON before sending it in a request object. Try logging that as well and looking to see if your framework requires you to process (or maybe even parse the data into a dictionary/associative array type structure).

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