I want to call a API call using PHP. It works well when I call the POST request through Postman client. But how can I get same response with PHP?
Postman POST request url:
https://apps8.tflite.com/PublicServiceU/Public.svc/asmx
Postman headers:
Content-Type: text/xml;charset=UTF-8
Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate
SOAPAction: https://apps.contact-technology.co.nz/TakeFlitePublicService/PerformSearch
Postman Body:
<Envelope xmlns="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
<Header/>
<Body>
<PerformSearch xmlns="https://apps.contact-technology.co.nz/TakeFlitePublicService/">
<SearchClassInstance >
<Adults>1</Adults>
<Database>devhinter</Database>
<From>Cairns</From>
<To>Coen</To>
<Date>2022-11-22</Date>
</SearchClassInstance>
<AgentLogin>MyUserName</AgentLogin>
<AgentPassword>MyPassword</AgentPassword>
</PerformSearch>
</Body>
</Envelope>
The response look like this:
<s:Envelope xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
<s:Body xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<PerformSearchResponse xmlns="https://apps.contact-technology.co.nz/TakeFlitePublicService/">
<PerformSearchResult>
<HasFlights>true</HasFlights>
<OutgoingFlights>
<FlightInfo>
<ExtensionData/>
<Adults>1</Adults>
<ArrivalTime>2022-11-22T09:15:00</ArrivalTime>
<ArriveTimeInlcZoneOffset>2022-11-22T09:15:00</ArriveTimeInlcZoneOffset>
<ChargeDoubleFirstPax>false</ChargeDoubleFirstPax>
<CheckInTime>2022-11-22T06:45:00</CheckInTime>
<CheckInTimeInlcZoneOffset>2022-11-22T06:45:00</CheckInTimeInlcZoneOffset>
<Children>0</Children>
<CustomPax>0</CustomPax>
<DepartTime>2022-11-22T07:30:00</DepartTime>
<DepartTimeInlcZoneOffset>2022-11-22T07:30:00</DepartTimeInlcZoneOffset>
<EarlyBird1>
<ExtensionData/>
<Adult>0</Adult>
<Allowed>false</Allowed>
<Child>0</Child>
<Custom>0</Custom>
<Explanation/>
<FareClass>1</FareClass>
<ID>0</ID>
</EarlyBird1>
<EarlyBird2>
<ExtensionData/>
<Adult>0</Adult>
<Allowed>false</Allowed>
<Child>0</Child>
<Custom>0</Custom>
<Explanation/>
<FareClass>2</FareClass>
<ID>0</ID>
</EarlyBird2>
<FlightNumberString>171</FlightNumberString>
<FloatTypeAny>false</FloatTypeAny>
<From>Cairns</From>
<HasEmptyFlights>true</HasEmptyFlights>
<InactiveOnly>false</InactiveOnly>
<InactiveOnlyReason/>
<Leg>1</Leg>
<MultiSector>false</MultiSector>
<NoDiscount>false</NoDiscount>
<NoDropOffs>true</NoDropOffs>
<NoPickups>true</NoPickups>
<PackageFlightNoAdultFare>0</PackageFlightNoAdultFare>
<PackageFlightNoChildFare>0</PackageFlightNoChildFare>
<PackageFlightNoFaresUsed>false</PackageFlightNoFaresUsed>
<PassengerList/>
<Passengers>1</Passengers>
<Route>
<ExtensionData/>
<ArrivalTime>2022-11-22T09:15:00</ArrivalTime>
<BlockedString>Cairns > Coen</BlockedString>
<DepartTime>2022-11-22T07:30:00</DepartTime>
<FlightDuration>105</FlightDuration>
<SectorSummary>Cairns > Coen (171)</SectorSummary>
<Sectors>
<RouteEngineSector>
<ExtensionData/>
<ArrivalTime>2022-11-22T09:15:00</ArrivalTime>
<DepartTime>2022-11-22T07:30:00</DepartTime>
<FlightNumber>171</FlightNumber>
<From>Cairns</From>
<InactiveOnlyReason/>
<Info>
<ExtensionData/>
<Adult>599.00</Adult>
<AdultFare>609.00</AdultFare>
<AdultWebFare>599.00</AdultWebFare>
<AircraftIDs>
<int>4</int>
</AircraftIDs>
<Arrive>2022-11-22T09:15:00</Arrive>
<ArriveLocal>0001-01-01T00:00:00</ArriveLocal>
<BackpackerFare>0</BackpackerFare>
<BackpackerSeatsTaken xsi:nil="true"/>
<ChargeDoubleFirstPax>false</ChargeDoubleFirstPax>
<CheckInOffset>0</CheckInOffset>
<Child>469.00</Child>
<ChildFare>479.00</ChildFare>
<ChildWebFare>469.00</ChildWebFare>
<CustomFare>0</CustomFare>
<DefaultAirline>Hinterland Aviation </DefaultAirline>
<DefaultAirlineTimezone>E. Australia Standard Time</DefaultAirlineTimezone>
<DefaultBagWeight>0</DefaultBagWeight>
<Depart>2022-11-22T07:30:00</Depart>
<DepartLocal>0001-01-01T00:00:00</DepartLocal>
<ExtrasAllowed>true</ExtrasAllowed>
<FlightNumber>171</FlightNumber>
<Float>false</Float>
<From>Cairns</From>
<FuelSurcharge>0</FuelSurcharge>
<GateControlUser/>
<International>false</International>
<MaxBackpackers>0</MaxBackpackers>
<MaxBagWeight>20</MaxBagWeight>
<MaxInfantsAllowed>2</MaxInfantsAllowed>
<MinimumPax>0</MinimumPax>
<NoDirectFlights>false</NoDirectFlights>
<NoDiscounts>false</NoDiscounts>
<NoDropOffs>true</NoDropOffs>
<NoEarlybirds>false</NoEarlybirds>
<NoFreight>false</NoFreight>
<NoPassengers>false</NoPassengers>
<NoPassengersPublic>false</NoPassengersPublic>
<NoPassengersPublicExcludingAgents>false</NoPassengersPublicExcludingAgents>
<NoPickups>true</NoPickups>
<NoSpecials>false</NoSpecials>
<Office>Coen</Office>
<Seats>11</Seats>
<SeatsAvailable>11</SeatsAvailable>
<SeatsTaken>0</SeatsTaken>
<SeatsUsedByAgent>0</SeatsUsedByAgent>
<SignedOff>false</SignedOff>
<StatedWeightIncrement>0</StatedWeightIncrement>
<TSANoFly>false</TSANoFly>
<TermsID>2221961</TermsID>
<To>Coen</To>
<TotalEarlybirds>0</TotalEarlybirds>
<TotalInfants>0</TotalInfants>
<TotalSpecials>0</TotalSpecials>
<TravelID>2945272</TravelID>
<WeightAvailable>1662</WeightAvailable>
<WeightMax>1662</WeightMax>
<WeightTaken>0</WeightTaken>
<ZonedFlight>false</ZonedFlight>
</Info>
<RouteName>OI 171/172</RouteName>
<SectorNumber>1</SectorNumber>
<SectorString>sector 1 (Cairns to Coen - 171 (2945272))</SectorString>
<To>Coen</To>
<TravelID>2945272</TravelID>
</RouteEngineSector>
</Sectors>
<StandardPricePerAdult>599.00</StandardPricePerAdult>
<StandardPricePerChild>469.00</StandardPricePerChild>
<StandardPricePerCustom>0</StandardPricePerCustom>
<TravelIDs>2945272</TravelIDs>
</Route>
<SpecialFare>
<ExtensionData/>
<Adult>0</Adult>
<Allowed>false</Allowed>
<Child>0</Child>
<Custom>0</Custom>
<Explanation/>
<FareClass>4</FareClass>
<ID>0</ID>
<TotalPrice>0</TotalPrice>
</SpecialFare>
<StandardAdultFare>549.00</StandardAdultFare>
<StandardChildFare>549.00</StandardChildFare>
<StandardCustomFare>0</StandardCustomFare>
<ThroughFares>
<ExtensionData/>
<Adult>549.00</Adult>
<Allowed>true</Allowed>
<Backpacker>549.00</Backpacker>
<BackpackerChild>549.00</BackpackerChild>
<Child>549.00</Child>
<Custom>0</Custom>
<Explanation/>
<ID>65</ID>
<InfantFare>0</InfantFare>
<TotalPrice>549.00</TotalPrice>
</ThroughFares>
<To>Coen</To>
<TotalSurcharges_Earlybird1>0</TotalSurcharges_Earlybird1>
<TotalSurcharges_Earlybird2>0</TotalSurcharges_Earlybird2>
<TotalSurcharges_Special>0</TotalSurcharges_Special>
<TotalSurcharges_Standard>0</TotalSurcharges_Standard>
<TotalTaxes_Earlybird1>0</TotalTaxes_Earlybird1>
<TotalTaxes_Earlybird2>0</TotalTaxes_Earlybird2>
<TotalTaxes_Special>0</TotalTaxes_Special>
<TotalTaxes_Standard>0</TotalTaxes_Standard>
<TravelIDs>2945272</TravelIDs>
<WeightAvailable>1662</WeightAvailable>
<WeightMaxAllowed>1662</WeightMaxAllowed>
<ZoneOffsetArrive>0</ZoneOffsetArrive>
<ZoneOffsetDepart>0</ZoneOffsetDepart>
<ZonedFlightAll>false</ZonedFlightAll>
<ZonedFlightAny>false</ZonedFlightAny>
</FlightInfo>
</OutgoingFlights>
<PackageID>0</PackageID>
<PackageMode>false</PackageMode>
<ReturnFlights/>
<CreditCardSurcharge>2.00000</CreditCardSurcharge>
</PerformSearchResult>
</PerformSearchResponse>
</s:Body>
</s:Envelope>
This is my PHP code:
<?php
$url = "https://apps8.tflite.com/PublicServiceU/Public.svc/asmx";
$curl = curl_init($url);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_USERPWD, "Corp2:cairns2");
$headers = array(
"Content-type: text/xml;charset=utf-8",
"Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate",
"SOAPAction: https://apps.contact-technology.co.nz/TakeFlitePublicService/PerformSearch"
);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);
$data = '
<Envelope xmlns="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
<Header/>
<Body>
<PerformSearch xmlns="https://apps.contact-technology.co.nz/TakeFlitePublicService/">
<SearchClassInstance >
<Adults>1</Adults>
<Database>devhinter</Database>
<From>MyUserName</From>
<To>MyPassword</To>
<Date>2022-11-22</Date>
</SearchClassInstance>
<AgentLogin>Corp2</AgentLogin>
<AgentPassword>cairns2</AgentPassword>
</PerformSearch>
</Body>
</Envelope>';
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, false);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);
$resp = curl_exec($curl);
curl_close($curl);
var_dump($resp);
die();
?>
the result for var_dump look like this:
How can I correctly implement this? I want to get a readable response same as getting from Postman client.
>Solution :
It looks like you’re asking for the response to be compressed ("Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate") and the other side is friendly enough to do that for you. You can either:
- Remove that request header. The response will now not be compressed.
- Use curl_setopt to set the CURLOPT_ENCODING setting instead of adding an Accept-Encoding header manually; curl will now take care of uncompressing the response if needed.
- Call
gzinflateorgzuncompresson the response if you want to do this yourself for whatever reason. If you do this, make sure to check the response headers to confirm that the response is indeed compressed the way you expect; theAccept-Encodingheader is a request which the server is free to ignore.