Posting xml to faxfinder via PHP and curl

[Aaron C]

I’m trying to POST the xml to the Faxfinder using php, but I’m not having any success. I am accessing the Faxfinder, I’m getting 400 error codes, and messages of internal error.

I really have to have this working as soon as possible, below is a test script I’ve been trying to get working, could someone offer me some guidance?

<?php

// wonderful variables to internet

$url = “http://10.10.10.44/ffws/v1/ofax&#8221;;

$subject = ‘test’;

$comments = ‘test’;

$sender_name = ‘person_api’;

$sender_org = ‘testapi’;

$sender_phone = ‘1233’;

$sender_fax = ‘8085551111’;

$sender_email = ‘herp@derp.com’;

$rcp_name = ‘george orwell’;

$rcp_fax = ‘8017725555’;

$rcp_phone = ‘5555555555’;

$file = ‘/var/test/test.pdf’;

$content_type = ‘application/pdf’;

$tries = ‘3’; // default is 3

$try_interval = ’30’;

$priority = ‘3’;

$receipt = ‘true’;

$receipt_attachment = ‘none’;

// Attachment type must be one of:

// application/pdf

// application/postscript

// text/plain

// image/tiff

//Get contents of PDF file into a string

$filename = $file;

$handle = fopen($filename, “r”);

$contents = fread($handle, filesize($filename));

fclose($handle);

//Base 64 encode the data (converts from binary to only ASCII characters)

$contents = base64_encode($contents);

$post_string = ‘<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″?>

<schedule_fax>

<cover_page>

<enabled>false</enabled>

<subject>’.$subject.'</subject>

<comments>’.$comments.'</comments>

</cover_page>

<sender>

<name>’.$sender_name.'</name>

<organization>’.$sender_org.'</organization>

<phone_number>’.$sender_phone.'</phone_number>

<fax_number>’.$sender_fax.'</fax_number>

<email_address>’.$sender_email.'</email_address>

</sender>

<recipient>

<name>’.$rcp_name.'</name>

<fax_number>’.$rcp_fax.'</fax_number>

<phone_number>’.$rcp_phone.'</phone_number>

</recipient>

<attachment>

<location>inline</location>

<name>’.$filename.'</name>

<content_type>’.$content_type.'</content_type>

<content_transfer_encoding>base64</content_transfer_encoding>

<content>’.$contents.'</content>

</attachment>

<max_tries>’.$tries.'</max_tries>

<priority>’.$priority.'</priority>

<try_interval>’.$try_interval.'</try_interval>

<receipt>’.$receipt.'</receipt>

<receipt_attachment>’.$receipt_attachment.'</receipt_attachment>

<schedule_all_at>2011-11-06T20:30:00</schedule_all_at>

</schedule_fax>’;

//echo $post_string;

//* Define POST URL and also payload

define(‘XML_PAYLOAD’, $post_string);

define(‘XML_POST_URL’, $url);

// POST xml using curl

$ch = curl_init();

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, CURLAUTH_BASIC);

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, “admin:admin”);

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, XML_POST_URL);

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 60);

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array(‘Connection: close’));

$result = curl_exec($ch);

if(curl_errno($ch)) {

$result = ‘ERROR -> ‘.curl_errno($ch).’: ‘.curl_error($ch);

} else{

$returnCode = (int)curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);

switch($returnCode){

case 404:

$result = ‘ERROR -> 404 Not Found’;

break;

default:

break;

}

}

//Close the handle

curl_close($ch);

echo $result;

echo $returnCode;

exit(0)

?>

[Bryan Tran]

Hi Aaron,

Try this sample code and see if it works for you: https://webfiles.multitech.com/engineering/sample-code/fax-finder/php/

Regards,

BT

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