HTTP request to Scoreoid server using url loader.

joelghill

Hey all,

I'm trying to interact with the Scoreoid API using the Girderos UrlLoader class. I'm able to connect with the url, however it does not seem to like the POST data I am trying to send it. Here's my code:

api = "64bcc44904983cef9fba6b7c783e186bba7ffe95" -- required gID = "K6ix5F3lA" --game ID (test game setup through Scoreoid response = "json"   function getPlayer(username, password) -- accepts username and password, returns user info   local headers = { ["Authorization"] = "Basic" }   local method = UrlLoader.POST local body = "api_key="..api.."&game_id="..gID.."&response="..response.."&username="..username.."&password="..password local url = "<a href="http://www.scoreoid.com/api/getPlayer/&quot" rel="nofollow">http://www.scoreoid.com/api/getPlayer/&quot</a>;     local loader = UrlLoader.new(url, method, headers, body)   local function onComplete(event) print(event.data) end   local function onError() print("error") end   local function onProgress(event) print("progress: " .. event.bytesLoaded .. " of " .. event.bytesTotal) end   loader:addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onComplete) loader:addEventListener(Event.ERROR, onError) loader:addEventListener(Event.PROGRESS, onProgress)   end   getPlayer("username", "password")

This is what is returned in the console:

"Util/Json.lua is uploading.
scoroid.lua is uploading.
Uploading finished.
progress: 113 of 113
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> < error ><! [CDATA[The API key is broken or the game is not active]]>< / error>"

For some reason the POST data I am sending to the URL is not being read. Does anyone see anything wrong with what I'm doing here? I've double checked that that api and game keys are correct.

Thanks!

ar2rsawseen

@joelghill it seems you're right. I've set up a test.php file which simply prints out POST array and it's always empty. And for now I can't figure out why. Will keep testing

joelghill

Wow, thanks for checking that out! It's reassuring to know that it wasn't a something silly like a typo somewhere.

ar2rsawseen

@joelghill

Ok you need to include content type in header as:

local headers = { ["Authorization"] = "Basic", ["Content-Type"] = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded", }

and then it all works

joelghill

Ah! I could have sworn I tried that! Ahhhhh!

Thanks