Sending POST parameters with Postman doesn't work, but sending GET parameters does

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whiterook6 picture whiterook6 · Jun 11, 2014 · Viewed 157k times · Source

I'm trying to test a simple PHP page using the Chrome extension Postman. When I send URL parameters, the script works fine (eg the variables are available in the $_REQUEST parameter). When I send them as x-www-form-urlencoded parameters, the $_REQUEST parameter only contains the PHPSESSID.

The script:

<?php
var_export($_REQUEST);
?>

When I send URL parameters, $_REQUEST includes them: URL parameters

But when I send them as POST variables, $_REQUEST doesn't include them: enter image description here

What am I missing?

Answer

Arvind Dhasmana picture Arvind Dhasmana · Aug 13, 2015

I faced the same issue in PostMan and Advance REST Client both. I checked through fiddler and found that my request payload is not converted into JSON format.

I am passing my data in Body as x-www-form-urlencoded enter image description here

You can fix it by using Content-Type as application/x-www-form-urlencoded in request header. enter image description here

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