Unable to receive POST body from Ajax request using Play Framework - javascript

I am trying to send a POST request to my backend with some JSON data. The call from the frontend looks like this:
function register() {
var user = $("#form_reg_username").val();
var pass = $("#form_reg_password").val();
var referal = $("#form_reg_referal").val();
var postbody = {};
var url = "http://" + location.host + "/api/admin/register";
postbody.username = user;
postbody.password = pass;
postbody.referal = referal;
var jsonbody = JSON.stringify(postbody);
console.log(jsonbody);
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: url,
data: jsonbody,
dataType: "json",
success: registerHandler()
});
}
The generated log looks like this:
{"username":"jakob","password":"11111","referal":"urgotislove"}
Which is fine.
Here is the start of how I handle the request on the backend (I am using play 2.4)
public Result adminRegister() {
// Generate JSON from postbody
ObjectNode json = Json.newObject();
Logger.info("Body: " + request().body().asText());
JsonNode body = request().body().asJson();
String username = body.get("username").asText();
String password = body.get("password").asText();
String referal = body.get("referal").asText();
...
}
Looking at my application log the Info log looks like this:
[info] application - Body: null
I am then getting a Nullpointer Exception in first line of trying to get the json values.
So for some reason the POST body seems not to be received correctly.
Thanks for any help in advance.

Turns out the Postbody was transferred correctly but for some reason the .asText() as well as the .asJson() method, did not work correctly and returned null.
I fixed my issue with this little workaround:
Http.RequestBody requestBody = request().body();
Map<String, String[]> body = requestBody.asFormUrlEncoded();
String username = body.get("username")[0];
String password = body.get("password")[0];
String referal = body.get("referal")[0];

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How do I pass a variable inside a POST request URL in JavaScript?

I am trying to pass a variable that is derived from a database (and keeps changing) to a fetch URL. I don't want to hard code it in the URL. How do I go about it? Here is the snippet of the code.
};
var searchString = amount;
var payload = JSON.stringify(data);
var options = {
'method': 'POST',
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'payload' : data,
};
var url = 'https://......./**amount**/budget_items?token';
var response = UrlFetchApp.fetch(url, options);
I want to pass the search string variable but I don't know-how. Any help?
If you want to include searchString in the url you can use string concatenation or string interpolation. Here is string concatenation:
var url = 'https://.../' + searchString + '/...';
And here is string interpolation:
var url = `https://.../${searchString}/...`;
If you're sending a GET request, you must include the query arguments in the URL. You don't have to hardcode anything - just add the query parameters in the fetch itself:
var response = UrlFetchApp.fetch(url + `?search=${searchString}`);
If you're trying to send a JSON object, you should instead use POST. You'll be able to preserve the URL as it is (as long as it's accepting POST requests). You'll be able to send JSON in the data option too.
To dynamically include searchString in the URL string you can use Matt's method, but you have some problem with your code. You are passing the wrong payload. Here is the modified code you can use it.
};
var searchString = amount;
var payload = JSON.stringify(data);
var options = {
'method': 'POST',
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
payload
};
var url = `https://......./${searchString}/budget_items?token`;
var response = UrlFetchApp.fetch(url, options);
To know more about Template literals
You may also use URL object (needs polyfills in IE)
const url = new URL('http://foo.bar/?search');
url.searchParams.set('search', searchString);

Crypto-JS Plain Text decryption error in AJAX call

I am using crypto-js plain text encryption/decryption in my NodeJS app. When I tested the following code on the server-side everything works as expected:
var encrypted_string = CryptoJS.AES.encrypt(input_string, '123Key');
var bytes = CryptoJS.AES.decrypt(encrypted_key.toString(), '123Key');
var decryted_string = bytes.toString(CryptoJS.enc.Utf8);
However, when I send encrypted_string via AJAX call I get an error
My code for AJAX call is here:
let data = {}
data.encrypted_string = 'foo';
$.ajax({
type: 'POST',
data: JSON.stringify(data),
contentType: 'application/json',
url: '/route/to/',
success:function(response_data_json) {
// do something
}
}
})
In route code:
var ciphertext = req.body.encrypted_string
var bytes = CryptoJS.AES.decrypt(ciphertext.toString(), '123Key');
var decryted_string = bytes.toString(CryptoJS.enc.Utf8);
i get an error on bytes.toString... line
Malformed UTF-8 data
Thanks in advance for any guidance
first I noticed a little typo: c <> n var ecnrypted_string = Cry...
however that's not your source of the issue.
What you're likely missing is the JSON.decode on the Server because your ciphertext var still contains that exact string you've send from the client which you can see like this:
let data = {};
data.encrypted_string = 'foo';
let stringified = JSON.stringify(data);
console.log(stringified);
console.log(stringified.toString());
The output for both logs would be: {"encrypted_string":"foo"} which ofcourse cannot be parsed by CryptoJS directly.
Hope this helps.
Best,
Sebo

Connecting to Bitfinex API from Google Sheets

I'm trying to connect my google sheet to Bitfinex through the 'authenticated' section of the API so I can access my account information. Here is the API link.
I haven't been able to get the 'request' or 'crypto' libraries to work so I've been trying to use other available functions in google sheets, but am having trouble.
Following is the code snippet I'm using:
var completeURL = "https://api.bitfinex.com/v1/account_infos";
var nonce = Math.floor(new Date().getTime()/1000);
var body = {
'request' : completeURL,
'nonce' : nonce
};
var payload = JSON.stringify(body).toString('base64');
var signature = Utilities.computeHmacSignature(Utilities.MacAlgorithm.HMAC_SHA_384,
payload,
secret);
signature = signature.map(function(byte) {
return ('0' + (byte & 0xFF).toString(16)).slice(-2);
}).join('');
var params = {
headers: {
'X-BFX-APIKEY': key,
'X-BFX-PAYLOAD': payload,
'X-BFX-SIGNATURE': signature
},
}
Logger.log(completeURL);
Logger.log(params);
var response = UrlFetchApp.fetch(completeURL, params);
var json = JSON.parse(response.getContentText());
I get the following error from the API:
Request failed for https://api.bitfinex.com/v1/account_infos returned code 400. Truncated server response: {"message":"Invalid json."} (use muteHttpExceptions option to examine full response). (line 209, file "Code")
And the following are the values from the Logger.log calls:
[17-09-24 16:22:28:170 AEST] https://api.bitfinex.com/v1/account_infos
[17-09-24 16:22:28:171 AEST] {headers={X-BFX-PAYLOAD={"request":"https://api.bitfinex.com/v1/account_infos","nonce":1506234148}, X-BFX-SIGNATURE=06d88a85098aefbf2b56af53721506863978f9350b1b18386c23f446254789dbbfc1eeb520bdfc7761b30f98ea0c21a2, X-BFX-APIKEY=ak6UoPiwaLjwt2UqDzZzZGjpb9P2opvdPCAIqLy0eVq}}
I'm stuck and not sure what else to try?
Can anyone spot what I'm doing wrong?
How about this modification? Since I have no secret, I couldn't debug this sample. So I don't know whether this modified sample works. I'm sorry.
Modification points :
secret is not defined.
When POST method is used, it requires to include method: "post" to UrlFetchApp.fetch().
When it reads Javascript sample of the document, signature has to be modified.
When it reads Javascript sample of the document, body: JSON.stringify(body) is included in the request parameters.
There is an error message of {"message":"Invalid json."}.
The script which was reflected above modifications is as follows.
Modified script :
var secret = "#####"; // Please input this.
var completeURL = "https://api.bitfinex.com/v1/account_infos";
var nonce = Math.floor(new Date().getTime()/1000);
var body = {
'request' : completeURL, // I don't know whether this is the correct value.
'nonce' : nonce
};
var payload = Utilities.base64Encode(Utilities.newBlob(JSON.stringify(body)).getDataAsString());
var signature = Utilities.computeHmacSignature(Utilities.MacAlgorithm.HMAC_SHA_384, payload, secret);
signature = signature.map(function(byte) {
return ('0' + (byte & 0xFF).toString(16)).slice(-2);
}).join('');
var params = {
method: "post",
headers: {
'X-BFX-APIKEY': key,
'X-BFX-PAYLOAD': payload,
'X-BFX-SIGNATURE': signature
},
payload: JSON.stringify(body),
contentType: "application/json",
muteHttpExceptions: true
}
var response = UrlFetchApp.fetch(completeURL, params);
var json = JSON.parse(response.getContentText());
If this was not useful for you, I'm sorry.
I am not sure if I am understanding your code, but if I do, there is at least one oddity at first sight:
In computeHmacSignature(...), you are using the variable secret which has not been initialized or even declared anywhere.
That's how it works
var body = {
'request' : "/v1/balances",
'nonce' : nonce,
'options':{}
};

Authenticating with Last.fm in Jquery - Invalid method signature supplied

I'm trying to auth a Last.fm session and am struggling to sign a request for a session key correctly.
I keep receiving Invalid method signature supplied However when I md5 hash what i believe the query should consist of outside of JS, I get the same signature. I must be including the wrong data in the string I guess, but can't figure out what.
I know there are a few other questions and i've ran through them all to see what's going wrong here, but I swear it looks right to me.
This is the signing algorithm and Ajax call. I've tried to leave enough sample data too.
// Set elsewhere but hacked into this example:
var last_fm_data = {
'last_token':'TOKEN876234876',
'user': 'bob',
'secret': 'SECRET348264386'
};
// Kick it off.
last_fm_call('auth.getSession', {'token': last_fm_data['last_token']});
// Low level API call, purely builds a POSTable object and calls it.
function last_fm_call(method, data){
// param data - dictionary.
last_fm_data[method] = false;
// Somewhere to put the result after callback.
// Append some static variables
data['api_key'] = "APIKEY1323454";
data['format'] = 'json';
data['method'] = method;
post_data = last_fm_sign(data);
$.ajax({
type: "post",
url: last_url,
data: post_data,
success: function(res){
last_fm_data[method] = res;
console.log(res['key'])// Should return session key.
},
dataType: 'json'
});
}
function last_fm_sign(params){
ss = "";
st = [];
so = {};
Object.keys(params).forEach(function(key){
st.push(key); // Get list of object keys
});
st.sort(); // Alphabetise it
st.forEach(function(std){
ss = ss + std + params[std]; // build string
so[std] = params[std]; // return object in exact same order JIC
});
// console.log(ss + last_fm_data['secret']);
// api_keyAPIKEY1323454formatjsonmethodauth.getSessiontokenTOKEN876234876SECRET348264386
hashed_sec = unescape(encodeURIComponent($.md5(ss + last_fm_data['secret'])));
so['signature'] = hashed_sec; // Correct when calculated elsewhere.
return so; // Returns signed POSTable object
}
Anything anyone can see that i'm missing here? I'm absolutely stumped why this isn't returning a correctly signed POSTable object in the format requested here. Thanks for your time.
Edit: can't thank anyone for their time if i don't get any advice! No one had any experience with last.fm?
After investigating your code and other posts related to last.fm api call, I found that #george lee in fact is correct. You don't need to provide format while generating the auth_sign.
Apart from that you need to apply $.md5() to auth_sign string after applying encodeURIComponent() and unescape() functions. Like this.
hashed_sec = $.md5(unescape(encodeURIComponent(ss + last_fm_data['secret'])));
Also while making ajax call you need to pass api_key, token & api_sig as data. But seeing your code, reveals that you are passing api_key, token, format, method & signature.
So you need to remove format, method & signature from the data field of ajax call.
Instead you need to pass api_key, token & api_sig to the data field.
So the final code after commenting the data['format'] = 'json'; line will look like this.
// Set elsewhere but hacked into this example:
var last_fm_data = {
'last_token':'TOKEN876234876',
'user': 'bob',
'secret': 'SECRET348264386'
};
// Kick it off.
last_fm_call('auth.getSession', {'token': last_fm_data['last_token']});
// Low level API call, purely builds a POSTable object and calls it.
function last_fm_call(method, data){
// param data - dictionary.
last_fm_data[method] = false;
// Somewhere to put the result after callback.
// Append some static variables
data['api_key'] = "APIKEY1323454";
//data['format'] = 'json';
data['method'] = method;
post_data = last_fm_sign(data);
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: last_url,
data: post_data,
success: function(res){
last_fm_data[method] = res;
console.log(res['key'])// Should return session key.
},
dataType: 'json'
});
}
function last_fm_sign(params){
ss = "";
st = [];
so = {};
so['api_key'] = params['api_key'];
so['token'] = params['token'];
Object.keys(params).forEach(function(key){
st.push(key); // Get list of object keys
});
st.sort(); // Alphabetise it
st.forEach(function(std){
ss = ss + std + params[std]; // build string
});
ss += last_fm_data['secret'];
// console.log(ss + last_fm_data['secret']);
// api_keyAPIKEY1323454formatjsonmethodauth.getSessiontokenTOKEN876234876SECRET348264386
hashed_sec = $.md5(unescape(encodeURIComponent(ss)));
so['api_sig'] = hashed_sec; // Correct when calculated elsewhere.
return so; // Returns signed POSTable object
}
Please refer to this link.
So on testing some of the responses, I found the solution. There were 2 issues.
EDITED see below (
The first was needing to remove
data['format'] = 'json';
as George Lee pointed out. Thanks George.
)
The other issue was that I'd named a variable incorrectly so was being POSTed with the wrong name. The line
so['signature'] = hashed_sec;
should have been
so['api_sig'] = hashed_sec;
I noticed this in Pankaj's answer but unfortunately the rest of his answer (i.e. including the method) was incorrect. Making these 2 changes resolved the call and signed it correctly.
Thanks for all the suggestions!
EDIT:
After some more playing, i've found that
data['format'] = 'json';
IS correct, however it DOESN'T get hashed with the signature.
Adding data['format'] = 'json'; to the POST object after hashing works, and in this instance will return JSON as opposed to XML - which was the preferred method. Adding after hashing is not documented anywhere that I can find, so there you go.
The new working code is as follows, and this shows the 2 lines indicated with --------------------
// Set elsewhere but hacked into this example:
var last_fm_data = {
'last_token':'TOKEN876234876',
'user': 'bob',
'secret': 'SECRET348264386'
};
// Kick it off.
last_fm_call('auth.getSession', {'token': last_fm_data['last_token']});
// Low level API call, purely builds a POSTable object and calls it.
function last_fm_call(method, data){
// param data - dictionary.
last_fm_data[method] = false;
// Somewhere to put the result after callback.
// Append some static variables
data['api_key'] = "APIKEY1323454";
data['method'] = method;
post_data = last_fm_sign(data);
// THEN ADD THE FORMAT ---------------------------------------
post_data['format'] = 'json';
$.ajax({
type: "post",
url: last_url,
data: post_data,
success: function(res){
last_fm_data[method] = res;
console.log(res['key'])// Should return session key.
},
dataType: 'json'
});
}
function last_fm_sign(params){
ss = "";
st = [];
so = {};
Object.keys(params).forEach(function(key){
st.push(key); // Get list of object keys
});
st.sort(); // Alphabetise it
st.forEach(function(std){
ss = ss + std + params[std]; // build string
so[std] = params[std]; // return object in exact same order JIC
});
// console.log(ss + last_fm_data['secret']);
// api_keyAPIKEY1323454formatjsonmethodauth.getSessiontokenTOKEN876234876SECRET348264386
hashed_sec = unescape(encodeURIComponent($.md5(ss + last_fm_data['secret'])));
so['api_sig'] = hashed_sec; // RENAMED THIS ----------------------------
return so; // Returns signed POSTable object
}

Passing string array from ASP.NET to JavaScript

I am trying to call the server side from JavaScript and then pass a string array back to JavaScript, but running into problems.
// Call the server-side to get the data.
$.ajax({"url" : "MyWebpage.aspx/GetData",
"type" : "post",
"data" : {"IdData" : IdData},
"dataType" : "json",
"success": function (data)
{
// Get the data.
var responseArray = JSON.parse(data.response);
// Extract the header and body components.
var strHeader = responseArray[0];
var strBody = responseArray[1];
// Set the data on the form.
document.getElementById("divHeader").innerHTML = strHeader;
document.getElementById("divBody").innerHTML = strBody;
}
});
On the ASP.Net server side, I have:
[WebMethod]
[ScriptMethod(ResponseFormat = ResponseFormat.Json)]
public static object GetTip(String IdTip)
{
int iIdTip = -1;
String[] MyData = new String[2];
// Formulate the respnse.
MyData[0] = "My header";
MyData[1] = "My body";
// Create a JSON object to create the response in the format needed.
JavaScriptSerializer oJss = new JavaScriptSerializer();
// Create the JSON response.
String strResponse = oJss.Serialize(MyData);
return strResponse;
}
I am probably mixing things up, as I am still new to JSON.
UPDATE with error code:
Exception was thrown at line 2, column 10807 in http://localhost:49928/Scripts/js/jquery-1.7.2.min.js
0x800a03f6 - JavaScript runtime error: Invalid character
Stack trace:
parse JSON[jquery-1.7.2.min.js] Line 2
What is my problem?
I modified your ajax call script to :
// Call the server-side to get the data.
$.ajax({
url: "WebForm4.aspx/GetTip",
type: "post",
data: JSON.stringify({ IdTip: "0" }),
dataType: "json",
contentType: 'application/json',
success: function (data) {
// Get the data.
var responseArray = JSON.parse(data.d);
// Extract the header and body components.
var strHeader = responseArray[0];
var strBody = responseArray[1];
// Set the data on the form.
document.getElementById("divHeader").innerHTML = strHeader;
document.getElementById("divBody").innerHTML = strBody;
}
});
Note that I added contentType: 'application/json' and changed
var responseArray = JSON.parse(data.response);
to
var responseArray = JSON.parse(data.d);
This s purely out of guess work. But see if this is what you are getting:-
In your Ajax call, your data type is json and looking at the method you are returning a json string. So you do not need to do JSON.parse(data.response). Instead just see if the below works for you. Also i dont see a response object in your Json, instead it is just an array. So it must be trying to parse undefined
var strHeader = data[0];
var strBody = data[1];

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