I'm trying to POST to a web service that is expecting to get JSON as payload using Google Apps Script. I'm using the following code:
var options =
{
"method" : "post",
"contentType" : "application/json",
"headers" : {
"Authorization" : "Basic <Base64 of user:password>"
},
"payload" : { "endDate": "2012-06-03" }
};
var response = UrlFetchApp.fetch("http://www.example.com/service/expecting/json", options);
On the server side I'm getting the following error:
WARN [facade.SettingsServlet] 04 Jun 2012 15:30:26 - Unable to parse request body: endDate=2012-06-03
net.liftweb.json.JsonParser$ParseException: unknown token e
I'm assuming that the server is expecting to get
{ "endDate": "2012-06-03" }
instead of
endDate=2012-06-03
but I don't know how to make the UrlFetchApp do it.
I do not understand the server side error but the 'payload' parameter must be a string as specified here: https://developers.google.com/apps-script/class_urlfetchapp?hl=fr-FR#fetch.
try:
var options =
{
"method" : "post",
"contentType" : "application/json",
"headers" : {
"Authorization" : "Basic <Base64 of user:password>"
},
"payload" : '{ "endDate": "2012-06-03" }'
};
- If you set payload as a String, it will be passed directly (as a
UTF-8 string).
- If you set payload as an Object, it will be sent like
an HTML form (which means either 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' if the
fields are simple, or 'multipart/form-data' if the Object includes a
blob/file).
For your use case (the server is expecting to receive JSON), it sounds like Utilities.jsonStringify() is the way to go.
Here goes the code that should work with some important comments:
function testMe() {
var products_authkey = "------------";
try {
var url = "https://app.ecwid.com/api/v1/---------/product?id=----------&secure_auth_key=" + products_authkey;
//url= "http://requestb.in/----------"; // you can actually debug what you send out with PUTs or POSTs using Requestb.in service
var payload = {
id: "21798583", // id is necessary and should be a string, or it might be sent in scientific representation (with E)
price: 62755
};
payload = JSON.stringify(payload); // the payload needs to be sent as a string, so we need this
var options = {
method: "put",
contentType: "application/json", // contentType property was mistyped as ContentType - case matters
payload: payload
};
var result = UrlFetchApp.getRequest(url, options);
Logger.log(result) // a better way to debug
var result = UrlFetchApp.fetch(url, options); // works perfectly in my case
Logger.log(result)
} catch (e) {
Logger.log(e)
}
}