Self Hosted API URL issues connecting Zapier

v4 Self Hosted
#1

Hi All, I am using Invoice Ninja v4.5.19 self-hosted on Ubuntu 16.04 and Nginx. I am trying to set up a ZAP so our cart system can automatically create an invoice. Some of our customers request a branded invoice and our cart system doesn’t do that well.

I am trying to do a Zapier integration and cannot get past the URL verification. The API key is created, but I have tried every permutation of the URL I can find and I always get the same response.

There is no /api/v1 directory, so I read elsewhere on this forum to use mydomain.com/public/api/v1. No luck. This is what I get every time:

We hit an error adding your new account

authentication failed: Got 404 calling GET https://payments.mydomain.com/public/api/v2/ping?v2=true, expected 2xx.

  1. Make sure you click “Allow” or “Accept” on the permission popup
  2. Double check your Account has the correct permissions
  3. Check out our [help]for more information

The suggested solutions do not make any sense at all. /public permissions are all 644 and the owner is www-data. I am at a total loss.

Does anyone have an idea of what to try? Thanks!

#2

Hi,

‘api/v1’ (like most routes in the app) is virtual, you won’t see matching files/folders.

You may not need to add ‘/public’ to the URL, you need to add api/v1 to your base app URL.

#3

Thanks, I has seen the virtual routes in there and suspected this.

I forgot to add when I do it with /api/v1 - I get this:

authentication failed: Got 500 calling GET https://payments.mydomain.com/api/v1/ping?v2=true, expected 2xx.

Now if I enter https://payments.mydomain.com/api/v1/ping?v2 in the address bar in the browser, I get “success”, presumably with a 200 response.

So, still no success and I have spent most of the day on it.

#4

If you see a 500 error there will be more details in storage/logs/laravel-error.log

#5

Ok, I see this, but I have no idea what email it is trying to get.:

[2021-01-05 22:55:02] production.ERROR: ErrorException [0] : /var/www/invoice-ninja/app/Http/Controllers/AccountApiController.php [Line 43] => Trying to get property ‘email’ of non-object {“context”:“PHP”,“user_id”:0,“account_id”:0,“user_name”:"",“method”:“GET”,“user_agent”:“Zapier”,“locale”:“en”,“ip”:“3.233.219.46”,“count”:1,“is_console”:“no”,“is_api”:“no”,“db_server”:“mysql”,“url”:“api/v1/ping”} []

#6

The line this refers to is…

public function ping(Request $request)
{
    $headers = Utils::getApiHeaders();

    // Legacy support for Zapier
    if (request()->v2) {
       return $this->response(auth()->user()->email);     <<----
    } else {
        return Response::make(RESULT_SUCCESS, 200, $headers);
    }
}
#7

I think you’d see that error if you call the route without including a valid token

#8

Ok, got it. The way the wizard is worded, it sounded like it wanted the token name, not the token. I tried the token and it works fine now.

Thank you for your help!!