Author Topic: Failed to Decode JSON [Solved:API Explorer Conflict] (Read 716 times)

vmantese · May 05, 2015, 06:40:40 pm

Hi all,
I realize I must be formatting something incorrectly but right now I'm at a loss at what.
I want to be able to directly copy/paste a RESTFUL url to access the civiCRM API.

Example.

myinstallroot/civicrm/civicrm/extern/rest.php?entity=Contact&action=get&json=1&api_key=mysitekey&key=mykey returns the first 25 contacts in JSON format as intended.

However, as soon as I try to detail my JSON....

myinstallroot/civicrm/civicrm/extern/rest.php?entity=Contact&action=get&json={"sequential"=1,"display_name":"TestCorp"}&api_key=mysitekey&key=mykey

I receive the error:

{"is_error":1,"0":"error_message","1":"Unable to decode supplied JSON."}

Any ideas how I'm misformatting it?

Thanks,
V

vmantese · May 05, 2015, 06:47:33 pm

Welp, I figured it out but for anyone else who was being led astray by the api explorer's example REST URLs like I was the proper notation is:

// For external services
http://www.example.com/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/rest.php
?api_key=t0ps3cr3t
&key=an07h3rs3cr3t
&json=1
&debug=1
&version=3
&entity=Contact
&action=get
&first_name=Alice
&last_name=Roberts

I guess that the API explorer's REST output is just out of date...

totten · May 05, 2015, 07:06:34 pm

Quote from: vmantese on May 05, 2015, 06:40:40 pm

myinstallroot/civicrm/civicrm/extern/rest.php?entity=Contact&action=get&json={"sequential"=1,"display_name":"TestCorp"}&api_key=mysitekey&key=mykey

In the 'json' field, shouldn't the "=" be ":" ?

Also, if there's an "=" sign in the data, it would be need to be encoded as "%3D" (not as a literal equal sign).

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