Post JSON to Codeigniter controller - json

Question

I am trying to receive and parse a JSON object sent in a POST request using Codeigniter but I cannot "find" it.
This is my controller code:
public function parse () {
$json = $this->input->post();
$json = stripslashes($json);
$json = json_decode($json);
print_r($json);
}
This is my JSON object:
{"data":"value"}

Answer 1

This is the correct way to do it.
$input_data = json_decode(trim(file_get_contents('php://input')), true);

Answer 2

$post = json_decode($this->security->xss_clean($this->input->raw_input_stream));
When you use $this->input->raw_input_stream you can read it multiple times and its basically the same as file_get_contents('php://input'). This works on CI3. I don't know if it works on CI2.

Answer 3

Try this code, it will output an array with all your parameters.
$this->input->raw_input_stream;
$input_data = json_decode($this->input->raw_input_stream, true);
$input_data will return array

Answer 4

Try this instead
$json = $this->input->post('data');
$json = stripslashes($json);
$json = json_decode($json);
print_r($json);
You need to pass in the key of the data variable you want from the post array as an argument to post()

Answer 5

Firze's answer is correct but here is a more elaborated answer. I am not allowed to comment so I am posting it as an answer.
It has to do with CodeIgniter not being able to fetch JSON. jQuery does some under the hood tricks and transforms your data into form-data-x, that's why it works when you don't specify the content type, don't encode your object, or other situations.
If you want a pure JSON the solution is to use $this->input->raw_input_stream to fetch your JSON and decode it using php's json_decode. Check the full answer and code below:
Retrieve JSON POST data in CodeIgniter

Answer 6

controller:
puplic function exam(){
$obj = file_get_contents('php://input');
$edata = json_decode($obj);
echo $edata->name;
}
Go to post man->type->post
url:http://www.exam.com/exam
formate:json
{
"name":"atm fahim"
}
==>send

Answer 7

make sure you have POST data, using $this->input->post() it will always return empty, you should put on the input type name $this->input->post('name_of_input_text')

Answer 8

Are you sure you're POSTing the data and not doing a GET instead? I ran into this issue earlier today (which is how I found this question) and I was doing a POST but using JSONP which seems to be done with a GET.
CodeIgniter has a function called get_post that will get the data from wherever it happens to be.
$this->input->get_post_string('data');
I hope this helps you out.
You can do it manually like so if you'd like.
function get_post($index = '', $xss_clean = FALSE){
if ( ! isset($_POST[$index]) )
{
return $this->get($index, $xss_clean);
}
else
{
return $this->post($index, $xss_clean);
}
}

Answer 9

I know this is an old post, but for others looking, this might be helpful:
On the browser side, I create my data packet using code similar to this pattern:
var form_data = { };
$.each($('#mvt_dialog_form').serializeArray(), function() {
form_data[this.name] = this.value;
});
// add the address data to the payload
var result = {
form_data: form_data,
locations: addressData,
selected_location: selectedLocation
};
// now wrap it all up with a pretty bow
// Seriously, the key:value format is required for codeigniter INPUT class to be able to "see"
var movement = {
movement_dlg: JSON.stringify(result)
};
I then "post" movement to the server.
In the controller, I then use the following logic:
// Perform XSS filtering
$postData = $this->input->post(NULL, TRUE);
$result = json_decode($postData['movement_dlg']);

Answer 10

Just add correct content type to your request header
Content-Type: application/json

Answer 11

In order to use the standard CI methods.
In index.php, insert a couple of lines:
$json = json_decode(trim(file_get_contents('php://input')), true);
if(!empty($json)) {
$_POST = $json;
}
Either implement in the bootstrap.
RIP Codigniter...(

Answer 12

try
json_decode(array($this->input->post()))
OR
$tmp[] = (array)json_decode($this->input->post());
print_r($tmp);