phpjsonfile-get-contentsendpoint

file_get_contents always empty

I have made my own API endpoint, but for some reason when I call this endpoint with postman, the file_get contents is always empty...

if(isset($_GET['type']) AND $_GET['type'] == "new")
{
    $inputJSON = file_get_contents('php://input');

    if($inputJSON)
    {
        $body = json_decode($inputJSON, true); //convert JSON into array
    }
    else{
        header("HTTP/1.1 403 Bad request");
        $response = array(
            'status'  => 'Error',
            'message' => 'Invalid body'
        );
    }
 }

The request im doing in postman looks like this:

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Does anyone know why the body is always empty? It should contain JSON data..

Solution

  • By adding a / to the end of the endpoint it worked.

    The addition of a slash at the end of a URL instructs the web server to search for a directory.

    My server might issue a redirect for the version with a trailing slash, and if the client follows that by making a GET request, I lose all POST data at this point.

    Thanks to @C3roe