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I'm trying to return JSON results from a page but I get the following error using file_get_contents(): " failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! "

Can someone tell me why I get this error?

<?

$newURL = 'https://api.qwant.com/api/search/images?count=10&offset=1&q=Spicy 
Cranberry Cavolo Nero (Kale)';



$returnedData = file_get_contents($newURL);

?>
user1493588
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  • Any reason not to have "https://api.qwant.com/api/search/images?count=10&offset=1&q=Spicy%20Cranberry%20Cavolo%20Nero%20(Kale)" instead of what you have right now? With %20 for each space – RAZERZ Jan 05 '18 at 22:07
  • Possible duplicate of [PHP file\_get\_contents() returns "failed to open stream: HTTP request failed!"](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/697472/php-file-get-contents-returns-failed-to-open-stream-http-request-failed) – Liora Haydont Jan 05 '18 at 22:09
  • have your tried to escape the parameters correctly? for example, replace the spaces with `%20` in the url. – Ibu Jan 05 '18 at 22:24
  • @RAZERZ I tried doing a urlencode on the query itself but it gives me a different error (Too many request): $baseURL = 'https://api.qwant.com/api/search/images?'; $query = urlencode("count=10&offset=1&q=Spicy Cranberry Cavolo Nero (Kale)"); $composedURL = $baseURL.$query; $returnedData = file_get_contents($composedURL); – user1493588 Jan 05 '18 at 22:39

1 Answers1

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  1. Never use <? ?>. Use only <?php ?> or <?= ?>
  2. urlencode() use only on values of your parameters, not on the whole parameter's line.

  3. file_get_contents() is not a really good method to receive data from the outer servers. Better use CURL.

    <?php

// Your URL with encoded parts
$newURL = 'https://api.qwant.com/api/search/images?count=10&offset=1&q='.urlencode('Spicy Cranberry Cavolo Nero (Kale)');

// This is related to the specifics of this api server, 
// it requires you to provide useragent header
$options = array(
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_USERAGENT => 'any-user-agent-you-want',
);

// Preparing CURL
$curl_handle = curl_init($newURL);

// Setting array of options
curl_setopt_array( $curl_handle, $options );

// Getting the content
$content = curl_exec($curl_handle);

// Closing conenction
curl_close($curl_handle);

// From this point you have $content with your JSON data received from API server

?>
Ivan Ponomarev
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