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I have a PHP page that receives JSON responses located at https://example.ac.ke/op/api/mypesa/index.php I have success posting responses using Postman when I post to either https://example.com/op/api/mypesa/ or https://example.com/op/api/mypesa/index.php but not when I post to https://example.com/op/api/mypesa

I have tried redirecting and adding trailing / in htaccess in vain. I need to make https://example.com/op/api/mypesa to be my callback URL. When I post the receiving page is called but it seems like the data is not redirected.

NEED HELP REDIRECTING BOTH PAGE AND POST DATA Since I have success redirecting page but not the data

My .htaccess has the following content

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

     RewriteEngine On
     RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}  -f [OR]
     RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
     RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php [L,QSA]

</IfModule>

Posting using postman

Posting using postman to the page https://example.com/op/api/mypesa//

database table receiving the json data from page

The database table receiving the json data from page

Posting using postman to the page

  • Posting using postman to the page https://example.com/op/api/mypesa

Content of my index file located in mypesa folder

<?php
   require 'config.php';
    header("Content-Type: application/json");

    $response = '{
        "ResultCode": 0, 
        "ResultDesc": "Confirmation Received Successfully"
    }';

    $mpesaResponse = file_get_contents('php://input');

    $logFile = "M_PESAConfirmationResponse.txt";

    $jsonMpesaResponse = json_decode($mpesaResponse, true); 

    $transaction = array(
            ':TransactionType'      => $jsonMpesaResponse['TransactionType'],
            ':TransID'              => $jsonMpesaResponse['TransID'],
            ':TransTime'            => $jsonMpesaResponse['TransTime'],
            ':TransAmount'          => $jsonMpesaResponse['TransAmount'],
            ':BusinessShortCode'    => $jsonMpesaResponse['BusinessShortCode'],
            ':BillRefNumber'        => $jsonMpesaResponse['BillRefNumber'],
            ':InvoiceNumber'        => $jsonMpesaResponse['InvoiceNumber'],
            ':OrgAccountBalance'    => $jsonMpesaResponse['OrgAccountBalance'],
            ':ThirdPartyTransID'    => $jsonMpesaResponse['ThirdPartyTransID'],
            ':MSISDN'               => $jsonMpesaResponse['MSISDN'],
            ':FirstName'            => $jsonMpesaResponse['FirstName'],
            ':MiddleName'           => $jsonMpesaResponse['MiddleName'],
            ':LastName'             => $jsonMpesaResponse['LastName']
    );

  
    $log = fopen($logFile, "a");
    fwrite($log, $mpesaResponse);
    fclose($log);

    echo $response;

 
    insert_response($transaction);
?>
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  • What happens when the post doesn't work? Do you get an error message? If there is any code related to this, please edit the post and include it. – kiner_shah Nov 06 '21 at 09:53
  • I don't get any error. It is only that the data cannot be read from the php file wen i use https://xxxxx.com/op/api/mypesa but when i use https://xxxxx.com/op/api/mypesa/ I can be able to read from file and take to database – Shadrack Kipkorir Nov 06 '21 at 16:14
  • Both URL seem to be the same. – kiner_shah Nov 07 '21 at 06:54
  • Sorry the second has a / i.e. https://xxxxx.com/op/api/mypesa// – Shadrack Kipkorir Nov 07 '21 at 07:03
  • Both URLs are still the same, having a `/` has no effect. But that is given, the server handles request with `/` the same way it does it without `/`. If you're owning the server side code, you need to add an additional route with `/` included. – kiner_shah Nov 07 '21 at 07:25
  • Does this answer your question? [Redirect all to index.php using htaccess](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18406156/redirect-all-to-index-php-using-htaccess) – kiner_shah Nov 07 '21 at 07:36
  • I own the server side code. Payment notifications from a bank need to be sent to https://xxxxx.com/op/api/mypesa. That is the end point i provided them. Since i wasn't receiving the json data i asked them why and they told me my end point is not reachable. They further said https://xxxxx.com/op/api/mypesa and https://xxxxx.com/op/api/mypesa// are not the same. They told me i need to create endpoint by the url i gave them which was https://xxxxx.com/op/api/mypesa – Shadrack Kipkorir Nov 07 '21 at 07:43
  • I have a folder name mypesa and inside i have a index.php file that receives the json data – Shadrack Kipkorir Nov 07 '21 at 07:49
  • You mentioned `.htaccess`, please edit the post and include it's contents. Also, do add the corresponding tag. – kiner_shah Nov 07 '21 at 07:53
  • @kiner_shah, the post has been updated – Shadrack Kipkorir Nov 07 '21 at 08:37
  • Does this answer your question? https://stackoverflow.com/a/17709700. Can you try modifying the `.htaccess` file with this and check if it works. – kiner_shah Nov 07 '21 at 10:52
  • It doesn't. The problem still persists – Shadrack Kipkorir Nov 07 '21 at 13:19
  • What changes did you do? Please edit the post and include the details about the changes you did. – kiner_shah Nov 08 '21 at 03:36
  • Why don't you set the endpoint URL to be `/op/api/mypesa/` to begin with? Does the external service not allow that? – CBroe Nov 08 '21 at 07:50
  • This is likely the [`DirectorySlash`](https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_dir.html#directoryslash) directive at work here, which will cause an external redirect that clients follow by making a GET request, and that's how you lose your POST data. But before turning that off, you should read the security warning in the manual. – CBroe Nov 08 '21 at 07:53

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Make sure your callback url is using https to get a response from the safaricom api.You can use ngrok! to tunnel your app on the internet. If you have done this and you are using ubuntu you can disable ufw firewall sudo ufw disable and reboot your computer.

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