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CodeIgniter 4's getBody() and getJSON() Methods

I've come across something puzzling regarding the getBody() and getJSON() methods when dealing with API responses.

When I use getBody(), I get a clean JSON string like this:

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"{ "userId": 1, "id": 1, "title": "delectus aut autem", "completed": false }"

However, when I use getJSON(), the JSON string looks a bit messy with extra quotes and escape characters:

""{\n "userId": 1,\n "id": 1,\n "title": "delectus aut autem",\n "completed": false\n}""

I'm wondering why these differences exist and if there's a preferred method in regular scenarios. Can someone help explain these discrepancies in a way that's easy to understand for someone relatively new to CodeIgniter?

Solution

  • As per your Output strings, the method you used is correct, the difference is Your getBody() function always returns raw string format, while getJSON() function returns processed JSON string.

    Both methods have different approaches for processing the response string. You can choose as per your requirement, like how you are getting responses from API endpoint.