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sunu j Access external api through key
Hi all,
I have access an external api, using api key to retreive jason data from it and parse it later. I am trying to access the api, through this code. this doesn;t return me any data. But curl on that api from another linux box returns me data, where i am i wrong here, please help me to understand this better as i am new to api concept. The code i am using is
public class testCallouts{
// Pass in the endpoint to be used using the string url
public String getContent(String url) {
// Instantiate a new http object
Http h = new Http();
// Instantiate a new HTTP request, specify the method (GET) as well as the endpoint
HttpRequest req = new HttpRequest();
req.setEndpoint(url);
req.setMethod('GET');
// Send the request, and return a response
HttpResponse res = h.send(req);
return res.getBody();
//return res.toString();
}
testCallouts testCall = new testCallouts();
String ret=testCall.getContent('https://sandbox.example.com/api/v2/accounts?key=xxxxxxxxxxxx');
system.debug(ret);
}
ret returns null
I have access an external api, using api key to retreive jason data from it and parse it later. I am trying to access the api, through this code. this doesn;t return me any data. But curl on that api from another linux box returns me data, where i am i wrong here, please help me to understand this better as i am new to api concept. The code i am using is
public class testCallouts{
// Pass in the endpoint to be used using the string url
public String getContent(String url) {
// Instantiate a new http object
Http h = new Http();
// Instantiate a new HTTP request, specify the method (GET) as well as the endpoint
HttpRequest req = new HttpRequest();
req.setEndpoint(url);
req.setMethod('GET');
// Send the request, and return a response
HttpResponse res = h.send(req);
return res.getBody();
//return res.toString();
}
testCallouts testCall = new testCallouts();
String ret=testCall.getContent('https://sandbox.example.com/api/v2/accounts?key=xxxxxxxxxxxx');
system.debug(ret);
}
ret returns null
Added these lines, as i was getting a status code 406
req.setHeader("Accept", "application/json");
req.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json');
Please refer below links for more information:
http://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/dbcom_apex250/Content/apex_methods_system_json.htm https://developer.salesforce.com/page/Getting_Started_with_Apex_JSON http://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/api_rest/api_rest.pdf https://developer.salesforce.com/page/Getting_Started_with_the_Force.com_REST_API https://developer.salesforce.com/page/Digging_Deeper_into_OAuth_2.0_on_Force.com