handle API that has redirect response

Question

I had a case, I need to post data to API end point that has redirect response, i mean when i hit for example "xxx.com/api/v1/receive" with several post parameters, its suppose to redirect to a page that handle authentication provided by API provider for further access, then redirect back to my site.

in my code i implement something like this to post data

$data = ['key'=>'val'.etc...];
$post_data = http_build_query($data);

// open connection
$ch = curl_init();

// set option
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_URL,$this->dev_url);
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,$post_data);
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_FRESH_CONNECT,true);


// execute
$result = curl_exec($ch);

when i use regular form submit using html form and post some parameters its run with redirect stuff like its suppose to do , but when i post data like my code above, it has no response. Is it possible to get response (redirect response) like html form using curl?

So when your form action was the endpoint, script executed as expected, but when using CURL and changing action to self, script didn't work as intended? — The One and Only ChemistryBlob, Aug 30 '16 at 15:38
Try also setting CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER to true. If you have access to the API endpoint, you can also put a die('QA') or return 'QA'; as first line to give some clue as to something inside the API script failing — The One and Only ChemistryBlob, Aug 30 '16 at 15:48
Possible duplicate of [Make curl follow redirects?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3519939/make-curl-follow-redirects) — Alexander Guz, Aug 30 '16 at 16:17
Thanks, i follow the link and try the code, still has no response, what im thinking right now is using html form and set parameters as input type hidden — Wandy Purnomo, Aug 31 '16 at 00:48

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 30 '16 at 15:48

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$data = ['key'=>'val'.etc...];

$result = file_get_contents ( "http://yoururl.com", false, stream_context_create ( array (
                    'http' => array (
                            'method' => 'POST',
                            'content' => json_encode ( $data ) 
                    ))));

you can check the var_dump($result);

answered Aug 30 '16 at 15:48

Gireesh T

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i've got this error "file_get_contents(): Content-type not specified assuming application/x-www-form-urlencoded" – Wandy Purnomo Aug 30 '16 at 15:57

handle API that has redirect response

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