External API Request with raw/binary body

Stefan Pointecker

Hi again,

I am trying to send data to the algolia API. see https://www.algolia.com/doc/rest-api/search/#addupdate-object-with-id

The API expects the data to be in the body, with —data-binary/raw.

How can I send the data like that? It is not working with the params option from the external api request function.

I also tried the “import from curl” method but same result, the API is not happy with the data format I am sending.

test data:

Error message: “lexical error: invalid string in json text. Around 'name=Betty'”

Stefan Pointecker

Okay I solved it myself: You need to add a Content-Type header to change the way the data is sent. (Maybe you could add this info to the docs somewhere? @Michael Udinski

Michael Udinski

Hey @Stefan Pointecker the Content-type header typically depends on the API service, sometimes it's required, sometimes not, and it's not always application/json depending on the API call. I can see from the API docs you posted, they discuss the required format near the top: https://www.algolia.com/doc/rest-api/search/#format

Stefan Pointecker

Yes I know Michael, I meant that maybe its good to see in the xano api what's the default xano way of sending the data. to be honest, it was the first time I had to change the header (in the api request function) and it took me some time to figure it out.