HTTP POST Request on REST API with specific header [PHP]

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I need to send give some data to rest webservice. I already try to simulate that backend API works correctly but I just don't know how to authorize to that API via HEADER.

In header there should be an: Authorization set on Bearer token

This is what i did try but without any success.

$host = "www.example.com"; $path = "/path/to/backend"; $arr = array('caseNumber' => '456456787'); $data = json_encode($arr); $token = "ThisIsSomeLongToken"; header("POST ".$path." HTTP/1.1\r\n"); header("Host: ".$host."\r\n"); header("Content-type: application/json\r\n"); header("Authorization: Bearer ".$token." \r\n"); header("Content-length: " . strlen($data) . "\r\n"); header("Connection: close\r\n\r\n"); header($data);

I'm new in webservices in PHP so I don't even know if this is correct but it doesn't throw any error and also doesn't do anything with webservice.

May I hope for some lead in PHP REST API with headers? Thanks

Jan.J · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-11 12:02:25Z

You cannot send post request by using header() function. You should use cURL for that. Check documentation here.
This will probably do what you want:

$host = "www.example.com"; $path = "/path/to/backend"; $arr = array('caseNumber' => '456456787'); $token = "ThisIsSomeLongToken"; $ch = curl_init(); // endpoint url curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $host . $path); // set request as regular post curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true); // set data to be send curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, http_build_query($arr)); // set header curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array('Bearer: ' . $token)); // return transfer as string curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true); $response = curl_exec($ch); curl_close($ch);

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