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  • adalako
    adalako last edited by Jan 11, 2022, 8:01 AM

    Hi,

    I'm trying to reproduce this Postman url_metrics request in Google Apps Script (GAS) :

    moz forum 2-2.jpg

    But in GAS, I get this error :

    moz-forum 2.jpg

    I suspect it's the body (line 90) that causes the issue, but can't figure out how to fix it.

    Any suggestion ?

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    • Sophiehf35
      Sophiehf35 Subscriber last edited by Oct 18, 2022, 7:44 AM

      Hello, try to use this way it will work:

      $username='Access ID';
      $password='Secret Key';
      $URL='https://lsapi.seomoz.com/v2/url_metrics';
      $payload = json_encode(array("targets" => ["moz.com"]));
      
      $ch = curl_init();
      curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL,$URL);
      curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 30); //timeout after 30 seconds
      curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,1);
      curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, CURLAUTH_ANY);
      curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, "$username:$password");
      curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $payload);
      curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array('Content-Type:application/json'));
      $result=curl_exec ($ch);
      $status_code = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);   //get status code
      curl_close ($ch);
      
      
      print_r(json_decode($result, true));
      
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