Attaching PDF Document Through The API

pats721 · October 27, 2020, 12:17pm

Yes, I did put the full path on my PC. Here is my most up to date curl request that returned this error.

curl -X POST URL/api/v1/documents 
  -H 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' \
  -H 'X-Ninja-Token: TOKEN' \
  -H 'X-Requested-With: XMLHttpRequest' \
  -F 'file=@C:/Users/CWilliams/Documents/TemplateFiletest/TEST.txt'

hillel · October 27, 2020, 12:55pm

I suggest trying with file in the same folder where you’re running curl

Also, it looks like the invoice_id parameter is missing from the URL

pats721 · October 27, 2020, 1:07pm

Moving the file to the same folder did not change anything. I am still getting the same error.

I was just testing with an without the invoice id parameter to see if it made any difference. It return the same error either way.

hillel · October 27, 2020, 1:11pm

Sorry, I’m not sure. It’s working correctly for me.

pats721 · October 27, 2020, 3:33pm

Is there a way to debug this further to see why the file is not sending when I have it in my request? I am not sure where to go from here.

hillel · October 27, 2020, 4:27pm

If you’re developer I can try to help you debug the code

pats721 · October 27, 2020, 4:40pm

I am a developer. I am just running the curl request in VS Code at this point. I just wanted to get a simple curl request working before integrating my application to use the documents API.

hillel · October 27, 2020, 6:14pm

Could it be related to VS Code? Have you tried running the cURL from the command line?

Here’s the relevant code if you want to try to debug the request:

github.com

invoiceninja/invoiceninja/blob/master/app/Ninja/Repositories/DocumentRepository.php#L55


                    'documents.user_id',
                    'invoices.public_id as invoice_public_id',
                    'invoices.user_id as invoice_user_id',
                    'expenses.public_id as expense_public_id',
                    'expenses.user_id as expense_user_id'
                );

    return $query;
}

public function upload($data, &$doc_array = null)
{
    if (! empty($data['grapesjs']) && $data['grapesjs']) {
        $isProposal = true;
        $uploaded = $data['files'][0];
    } else {
        $isProposal = false;
        $uploaded = $data['file'];
    }

    $extension = strtolower($uploaded->getClientOriginalExtension());

pats721 · October 27, 2020, 7:06pm

Good news! Visual Studio Code was the issue. The command line worked. I am seeing the document attached to the invoice. I am going to start implementing this into my app and let you know if I run into any further issues.

Thank you for your help.