Make a curl request to a url having no file extension?

Question

I have following URL

http://www.davesinclairstpeters.com/auto2_inventorylist?i=37647&c=12452&npg=1&ns=50&echo=2

I want to retrieve content of this url using curl but everytime I make this request it is showing me error, as it is not passing required parameters

Below is my code


    $ch = curl_init(); // start CURL
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $json_url); 
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPGET, true);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FRESH_CONNECT, true);      
    $response = curl_exec($ch);

There is no error actually, it is just not passing required get parameters, otherwise url is working fine via browser — Manish Goyal
If it's not working, it means there's an error of some sort. How do you know it's not passing required parameters, and if something told you, then paste exactly what it said in your original post. — Death
sorry it is just a sample url, actual url is davesinclairstpeters.com/… — Manish Goyal

Death Death · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-06T18:53:07

That page doesn't give any information stating that the information isn't being passed properly. In fact, it tells you that the information has been recieved - by viewing the source, you can see:

<!--
javax.servlet.forward.request_uri = /auto2_inventorylist
...
javax.servlet.forward.servlet_path = /auto2_inventorylist
...
javax.servlet.forward.query_string = i=37647&c=12452&npg=1&ns=50&echo=2
-->

Which tells you the information has infact been recieved.

Therefore, it's no problem with your code, but with the website itself. You should make sure the URL you are using is valid, or contact that website to get more information.

With regards to your code itself - the curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPGET, true); isn't necessary, as this is already set by default, and you can also pass the URL as an argument of the curl_init function. Doesn't impact performance, but makes for neater code.

$ch = curl_init($json_url); // start CURL
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FRESH_CONNECT, true);      
$response = curl_exec($ch);

Make a curl request to a url having no file extension?

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