How to get JSON data in an Odoo controller using type='json'?

Question

A few days ago I did a similar question here: How to get JSON data in an Odoo controller?

But now, I need to create a controller which receives only JSON data. So, I am doing the request from a Python console, this way:

import requests
import json

url = 'http://localhost:8069/odoo/test'
headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/json'}
data = {
    'name': 'Jane',
    'email': '[email protected]',
}
data_json = json.dumps(data)
r = requests.post(url=url, data=data_json, headers=headers)

I have created a controller which listens to http://localhost:8069/odoo/test, this way:

import openerp.http as http
from openerp.http import Response
import logging
_logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)


class WebFormController(http.Controller):

    @http.route('/odoo/test', type='json',
                auth='public', methods=['POST'], website=True)
    def index(self, **args):
        _logger.info('CONNECTION SUCCESSFUL')
        _logger.info(args)
        name = args.get('name', False)
        email = args.get('email', False)
        _logger.info(name)
        _logger.info(email)
        if not name:
            Response.status = '400 Bad Request'
        return '{"response": "OK"}'

The problem is that I am receiving an empty JSON in the controller. I can read CONNECTION SUCCESFUL in the log, with no error, but when I show args, I get {}, and obviously due to that, False when writing name and email.

If I pass the data as a Python dictionary or as a string, I get the following error:

Invalid JSON data: 'name=Jane&email=jane.doe%40gmail.com' or Invalid JSON data: "{'name': 'Jane', 'email': '[email protected]'}" respectively.

If I modify type='json' and I write type='http' instead, I get the following error:

Function declared as capable of handling request of type 'http' but called with a request of type 'json'.

I have read that may be this could be solved if the request is sent using the parameter json instead of data, this way:

r = requests.post(url=url, json=data_json, headers=headers)

Unfortunately, the server which is going to make the request has an old operating system which cannot update the python-requests package, so I cannot use json parameter since it did not exist at the version installed in that server.

Please, can anyone help me? I need get JSON data in the controller, not a string neither Python dictionaries.

Answer 1

You have just forgotten to put your data inside the params keywords:

Use this correct syntax :

data = {"params": dict(key="value")}

data = {
    "params": {
        "name":"prakashsharma",
        "email":"[email protected]",
        "phone":"[phone]"
    }
}

Please don't forget to use json.dumps(data) and 'Content-Type': 'application/json' while requesting a resource in json format.

I am damn sure your issue will be solved after using this one my friend... cheers :)!!