Context - PHP POST

[YBthebest]

Hello!

This is my code:

$postdata = http_build_query(
    array(
        'version' => '1.0',
        'username' => 'YBthebest',
	'password' => 'MYPASSWORD'
    )
);
$username = 'YBthebest';
$opts = array(
  'http'=>array(
    'method'=>"POST",
    'header'=>"User-Agent: APIClient:YBthebest\r\n"
  )
);

$context  = stream_context_create($opts);
$result = file_get_contents('https://ocrterminal.com/api/user.cgi', false, $context);

 

Warning: file_get_contents(https://ocrterminal.com/api/user.cgi): failed to open stream: HTTP request failed!

I get that error! What is failing?

 

And yes, I need to send my username through User_agent !( // User Agent

string userAgent = "APIClient:" + username;, taken from C example)

 

Thanks !

[BlueSkyIS]

your opts reference http. maybe change that to https

 

$opts = array(
  'https'=>array(
    'method'=>"POST",
    'header'=>"User-Agent: APIClient:YBthebest\r\n"
  )
);
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[YBthebest]

Hey!

 

Tried it, still the same error :/

[YBthebest]

using System.Net;
using System.Collections.Specialized;
...
...
/// <summary>
/// Logging in to the OCR Terminal server
/// </summary>
/// <param name="username">Username (User must be ‘allowed’ to access the API)</param>
/// <param name="password">Password</param>
public static void login(string username, string password)
{
// URL of login page
string uriString = "https://www.ocrterminal.com/api/user.cgi";
// User Agent
string userAgent = "APIClient:" + username;
// Create a new WebClient instance
WebClient myWebClient = new WebClient();
myWebClient.Headers.Add(HttpRequestHeader.UserAgent, userAgent);
// New NameValueCollection instance to hold custom parameters
NameValueCollection myNameValueCollection = new NameValueCollection();
// Add necessary parameter/value pairs to the name/value container
myNameValueCollection.Add("version", "1.0");
myNameValueCollection.Add("username", username);
myNameValueCollection.Add("password", password);
// Upload the NameValueCollection and get result
byte[] responseArray
= myWebClient.UploadValues(uriString, myNameValueCollection);
// Decode and record the response
string sLoginResult = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(responseArray);
if (sLoginResult.IndexOf("User exists") > 0)
{
// Login was successful; process result
// ...
}
else
{
// Login was unsuccessful; handle failure
// ...
}
}

 

I don't know if this can help, but this is the basis code. It is an API and they only give an example with C#, so I tried to ''translate'' it to PHP!

 

maybe it can help!

 

Thanks

[BlueSkyIS]

i haven't tried to use file_get_contents with such 'complexity'. i suggest that you look into php curl functions.

[YBthebest]

Hey !

 

Well, I really don't know how to use cURL that...complex...

 

Do you have any examples?

[BlueSkyIS]

They have been knocking it around over here:

 

http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/php-coding-help/how-to-login-to-a-site-with-php/