HTTP request with special headers

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1

So I want to fetch an API from RapidAPi, they require the following headers
X-RapidAPI-Key + X-RapidAPI-Host.

My process function that kinda “handles” basic http request

@token Application.get_env(:appsfc, :token)

  def process_request_headers(headers),
    do: headers ++ [Authorization: "Bearer #{@token}", Accept: "application/json"]

while the @token here is the api key.

I tried the following:

def test do
    url = Application.get_env(:appsfc, :api_url)

    options = [
      method: "GET",
      headers: [
        "X-RapidAPI-Key": "api key here",
        "X-RapidAPI-Host": "the url ....com"
      ]
    ]

    %{body: body} = HTTPoison.Base.get!(url, options)
    body
  end

however, I got the following error:

** (ArgumentError) errors were found at the given arguments:

  * 1st argument: not an iolist term

The typespec requires url, headers \\ [], options \\ [], but im not sure how to set the headers and options correctly :confused:

2

Have you tried inspecting the contents of url?

By the sound of that error, it seems like it may be nil.

3

its not nil

4

So I want to fetch an API from RapidAPi, they require the following headers
X-RapidAPI-Key + X-RapidAPI-Host.

My process function that kinda “handles” basic http request

@token Application.get_env(:appsfc, :token)

  def process_request_headers(headers),
    do: headers ++ [Authorization: "Bearer #{@token}", Accept: "application/json"]

while the @token here is the api key.

I tried the following:

def test do
    url = Application.get_env(:appsfc, :api_url)

    options = [
      method: "GET",
      headers: [
        "X-RapidAPI-Key": "api key here",
        "X-RapidAPI-Host": "the url ....com"
      ]
    ]

    %{body: body} = HTTPoison.Base.get!(url, options)
    body
  end

however, I got the following error:

** (ArgumentError) errors were found at the given arguments:

  * 1st argument: not an iolist term

The typespec requires url, headers \\ [], options \\ [], but im not sure how to set the headers and options correctly :confused:

5

You’re passing options as headers. If there are multiple optional arguments with default value, your arguments are used for the most left one first, not the most right one.

url = "https://postman-echo.com/get"

HTTPoison.get!(url, [{"foo", "bar"}])
HTTPoison.get!(url, [], [headers: {"foo", "bar"}])

Why that error?

It tries to use headers as a header key and [{"foo", "bar"}] as a header value - so tries to convert it to binary.

HTTPoison.get!(url, [headers: [{"foo", "bar"}]])

    :erlang.list_to_binary([{"foo", "bar"}])
    (hackney 1.18.1) /Users/chulki/tmp/ht/deps/hackney/src/hackney_bstr.erl:36: :hackney_bstr.to_binary/1
    (hackney 1.18.1) /Users/chulki/tmp/ht/deps/hackney/src/hackney_headers_new.erl:193: anonymous fn/3 in :hackney_headers_new.to_iolist/1
    (hackney 1.18.1) /Users/chulki/tmp/ht/deps/hackney/src/hackney_headers_new.erl:148: :hackney_headers_new.do_fold/3
    (hackney 1.18.1) /Users/chulki/tmp/ht/deps/hackney/src/hackney_headers_new.erl:184: :hackney_headers_new.to_iolist/1
    (hackney 1.18.1) /Users/chulki/tmp/ht/deps/hackney/src/hackney_request.erl:101: :hackney_request.perform/2
    (hackney 1.18.1) /Users/chulki/tmp/ht/deps/hackney/src/hackney.erl:378: :hackney.send_request/2
    (httpoison 1.8.2) lib/httpoison/base.ex:846: HTTPoison.Base.request/6

Also HTTPoison.get! is what you want - not HTTPoson.Base which is a behaviour, not an implementation.

6

BTW this is a duplicate of HTTP request with special headers - @spizzy please reply to a previous post instead of posting again :slight_smile:

7

%{body: body} = HTTPoison.get!(url, [], [headers: options]), im unsure about the options here, I need to pass the X-RapidAPI-Key and the X-RapidAPI-Host there, with the value of an api key, how would I do that

8

They’re HTTP headers, right? Then pass it as headers:

# using string key
HTTPoison.get!(url, [
  {"X-RapidAPI-Key", "api key here"},
  {"X-RapidAPI-Host", "the url ....com"}
])

# using symbol key
HTTPoison.get!(url, [
  "X-RapidAPI-Key": "api key here",
  "X-RapidAPI-Host": "the url ....com"
])

Both works, but I usually prefer to avoid symbol

["a": "b"] == [{:"a", "b"}] 
# true

["a": "b"] == [{"a", "b"}] 
# false
9

THANKS! its working

10

Moved posts to the original topic.