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    • adalako
      adalako last edited by

      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

        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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