How to HTTP POST API Request Json Format

Wappler General How To
#1

Hello,

I order to go for a subscription I need to understand if it is possible to make this kind of POST request to a local intranet server.

In the information of the API I should send this JSON Format body:

I make the request working with PostMan but no way to understand how to do it with Wappler.

Method: POST
URI: http://localhost:8081/wms/rest/missions?&sessiontoken=uAzDPqMRPfEhg05X3ajXsw%3D%3D
Data:
{
“missionrequest”: {
“requestor”: “jean”,
“missiontype”: “0”,
“fromnode”: “S1-Pick”,
“tonode”: “Station 1”,
“cardinality”: “1”,
“priority”: 0,
“deadline”: “2015-02-25T12:27:41.043Z”,
“dispatchtime”: “2015-02-25T12:27:41.043Z”,
“parameters”: {
“value”: {
“payload”: “Something”
},
“desc”: “Mission extension”,
“type”: “org.json.JSONObject”,
“name”: “parameters”
}
}
}

Any help?

Thanks in advance.

#2

http://localhost:8081/wms/rest/mission is your url

sessiontoken=uAzDPqMRPfEhg05X3ajXsw%3D%3D is your parameter

#3

Hello,

Thanks for the aswer.

The post request needs that Json Body…

My question is how to send that Json Body.

BR,

#4

Just set it up as a Server Connect API action

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(may need to be in headers rather than parameters, try both)

#5

and how to sen the Json body?

{
“missionrequest”: {
“requestor”: “jean”,
“missiontype”: “0”,
“fromnode”: “S1-Pick”,
“tonode”: “Station 1”,
“cardinality”: “1”,
“priority”: 0,
“deadline”: “2015-02-25T12:27:41.043Z”,
“dispatchtime”: “2015-02-25T12:27:41.043Z”,
“parameters”: {
“value”: {
“payload”: “Something”
},
“desc”: “Mission extension”,
“type”: “org.json.JSONObject”,
“name”: “parameters”
}
}
}

Thanks in advance

#6

they are all just parameters

#7

Hi Miguel,

You may have to type those nested elements into the php file directly as the GUI of the editor does not support this. I generally put the base parameter in, and then open in the editor to manually add the rest.
This thread might help: Setting server side object variables

–Ken

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#8

Hello Ken,

Many Thanks for the answer. I will check and keep you informed.

Best regards,

#9

In the next Wappler update there will be support for entering complex JSON data to be submitted to API’s with an own dedicated editor.

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#10

In Wappler 2.3.4 it’s now possible to use nested JSON data structures directly in the Server API Connector UI.

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#11

That’s great.

I had a terrible week. Not much time to test it.

Many Thanks to all.

#12

Is there any documentation available on this?

I can’t figure out how to setup an API POST request including a raw nested JSON body containing multiple objects with child fields. Any help would be very much appreciated :slight_smile:

Besides that request, how would I send form-date as the body contents in a GET request?

Thanks again for any help :smiley:

#13

Once you choose a data type of JSON in the api action, you are given a JSON data field in which you can type out the exact json you require. If you click on the pencil of the JSON data field, you are presented with a larger editor and the ability to select dynamic data.

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#14

Thanks for your reply @mebeingken

I don’t see those fields in the settings on my front-end API Action however.
Are these only available on server-side API Actions probably?

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#15

Hello @Emiel
You need to use the API Action in the Server Connect, not the one available on the front-end (app connect).