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Tomás Denis Reyes Sánchez
Tomás Denis Reyes Sánchez

Reputation: 707

POST request does not arrive properly httpClient - ionic - PHP

I'm creating a REST API in PHP. The service login is:

<?php

include_once 'libs/Database.php';

header("Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8");


Database::getPDO();
$myObj = null;
if ( Database::check($_POST['username'], $_POST['password']) ) {
    $myObj = array('message' => "Verified", 'success' => true);
} else {
    $myObj = array('message' => "Unauthorized", 'username' => $_POST['username'], 'success' => false);
}

$myJSON = json_encode($myObj);

echo $myJSON;
?>

And as you may see, I'm accessing $_POST global variable.

This is the code of the provider:

  login(user, pass, url) {
    const httpOptions = {
      headers: new HttpHeaders({
        'Content-Type':  'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
      })
    };
    return this.http.post(url, "username="+user+"&"+"password="+pass, httpOptions);
  }

I'm wondering how the body should be formatted, and according to this link should be like I have done (username=user&password=pass). By the way, all parameters are not null when the login function is called, hence, the problem is in the request.

For those of you interested, the answer of the server is:

{message: "Unauthorized", username: null, success: false}

Any help will be appreciated.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 42

Answers (1)

Matteo Meil
Matteo Meil

Reputation: 1353

I'm copying my comment as an answer 'cause I want to post a photo.

Assuming you're using Angular's HttpClient, try to specify which type you're sending via POST: try to do something as this.http.post<string>(url, 'string', opts);.

I also suggest you to take a look at what you're sending as request via Chrome's Inspector (F12 on windows/linux, Cmd+Options+I on Mac), Network tab.

Obviously you must open it before sending request to be captured by DevTools. If you're debugging directly through the phone, on Windows/Linux you can use Remote Devices tab on Chrome's DevTools, or Safari on Mac.

An example using Chrome's DevTools:

Upvotes: 0

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