Mautic API cannot create DynamicContent - node.js

Question

I am struggling to successfully execute create calls on the mautic REST api. In my node project I am using a standard express installation and a wrapper for the node api https://github.com/sambarnes90/node-mautic
I have authenticated my machine with the api and can PULL data without problem. The problem is POSTing data to it.
The documentation for the targeted post request is here: https://developer.mautic.org/#create-dynamic-content
This is my route. It derives from the example in node-mautic which works fine, but putting something into mautic does not work for me:
router.get('/api', function(req, res, next) {
//check auth and create config object
mautic.auth.checkAuth(function(config) {
// if all worked
if (config.auth_object) {
var testbody = {
"name": "apitest2"
}
//create call
mautic.dynamiccontent.createDynamicContent(config, testbody, function(data) {
console.log(data);
return res.send(data);
});
//request call for id=3
/*mautic.dynamiccontent.getDynamicContent(config, 3, function(data) {
console.log(data);
return res.send(data);
});
});*/
}
});
});
I am getting this response from the API:
[ { code: 400,
message: 'name: A name is required.',
details: { name: [Array] } } ]
This is the GitHub project for this: https://github.com/raphaelurban/mautic-api-test
EDIT:
I also tried:
var testbody = new Array();
testbody['name'] = 'apitest2';
with the same result.
Here is the full POST request:
Request {
domain: null,
_events:
{ error: [Function: bound ],
complete: [Function: bound ],
pipe: [Function] },
_eventsCount: 3,
_maxListeners: undefined,
body: '{"name":"apitest2"}',
callback: [Function],
method: 'POST',
readable: true,
writable: true,
explicitMethod: true,
_qs:
Querystring {
request: [Circular],
lib: { formats: [Object], parse: [Function], stringify: [Function] },
useQuerystring: undefined,
parseOptions: {},
stringifyOptions: {} },
_auth:
Auth {
request: [Circular],
hasAuth: false,
sentAuth: false,
bearerToken: null,
user: null,
pass: null },
_oauth: OAuth { request: [Circular], params: null },
_multipart:
Multipart {
request: [Circular],
boundary: 'afa47f83-3327-4d67-982d-4db6daab8a39',
chunked: false,
body: null },
_redirect:
Redirect {
request: [Circular],
followRedirect: true,
followRedirects: true,
followAllRedirects: false,
followOriginalHttpMethod: false,
allowRedirect: [Function],
maxRedirects: 10,
redirects: [],
redirectsFollowed: 0,
removeRefererHeader: false },
_tunnel:
Tunnel {
request: [Circular],
proxyHeaderWhiteList:
[ 'accept',
'accept-charset',
'accept-encoding',
'accept-language',
'accept-ranges',
'cache-control',
'content-encoding',
'content-language',
'content-location',
'content-md5',
'content-range',
'content-type',
'connection',
'date',
'expect',
'max-forwards',
'pragma',
'referer',
'te',
'user-agent',
'via' ],
proxyHeaderExclusiveList: [] },
headers: { host: 'hrutest.mautic.net', 'content-length': 19 },
setHeader: [Function],
hasHeader: [Function],
getHeader: [Function],
removeHeader: [Function],
localAddress: undefined,
pool: {},
dests: [],
__isRequestRequest: true,
_callback: [Function],
uri:
Url {
protocol: 'https:',
slashes: true,
auth: null,
host: 'hrutest.mautic.net',
port: 443,
hostname: 'hrutest.mautic.net',
hash: null,
search: '?access_token=ZTJlOWY3MzI0YTg4OWViNzU3YjY5YjFiZjRlOTU1OWFiYWM1N2ZmOTQ4OWI4NGI2NzZjZGUyMDg3ZWMxZmU5OA',
query: 'access_token=ZTJlOWY3MzI0YTg4OWViNzU3YjY5YjFiZjRlOTU1OWFiYWM1N2ZmOTQ4OWI4NGI2NzZjZGUyMDg3ZWMxZmU5OA',
pathname: '/api/dynamiccontents/new',
path: '/api/dynamiccontents/new?access_token=ZTJlOWY3MzI0YTg4OWViNzU3YjY5YjFiZjRlOTU1OWFiYWM1N2ZmOTQ4OWI4NGI2NzZjZGUyMDg3ZWMxZmU5OA',
href: 'https://hrutest.mautic.net/api/dynamiccontents/new?access_token=ZTJlOWY3MzI0YTg4OWViNzU3YjY5YjFiZjRlOTU1OWFiYWM1N2ZmOTQ4OWI4NGI2NzZjZGUyMDg3ZWMxZmU5OA' },
proxy: null,
tunnel: true,
setHost: true,
originalCookieHeader: undefined,
_disableCookies: true,
_jar: undefined,
port: 443,
host: 'hrutest.mautic.net',
path: '/api/dynamiccontents/new?access_token=ZTJlOWY3MzI0YTg4OWViNzU3YjY5YjFiZjRlOTU1OWFiYWM1N2ZmOTQ4OWI4NGI2NzZjZGUyMDg3ZWMxZmU5OA',
httpModule:
{ Server: { [Function: Server] super_: [Object] },
createServer: [Function: createServer],
globalAgent:
Agent {
domain: null,
_events: [Object],
_eventsCount: 1,
_maxListeners: undefined,
defaultPort: 443,
protocol: 'https:',
options: [Object],
requests: {},
sockets: [Object],
freeSockets: {},
keepAliveMsecs: 1000,
keepAlive: false,
maxSockets: Infinity,
maxFreeSockets: 256,
maxCachedSessions: 100,
_sessionCache: [Object] },
Agent: { [Function: Agent] super_: [Object] },
request: [Function: request],
get: [Function: get] },
agentClass:
{ [Function: Agent]
super_: { [Function: Agent] super_: [Object], defaultMaxSockets: Infinity } },
agent:
Agent {
domain: null,
_events: { free: [Function] },
_eventsCount: 1,
_maxListeners: undefined,
defaultPort: 443,
protocol: 'https:',
options: { path: null },
requests: {},
sockets: { 'hrutest.mautic.net:443:::::::::': [Array] },
freeSockets: {},
keepAliveMsecs: 1000,
keepAlive: false,
maxSockets: Infinity,
maxFreeSockets: 256,
maxCachedSessions: 100,
_sessionCache: { map: [Object], list: [Array] } } }

Answer 1

I haven't had much chance to test any more of this wrapper in recent months.
I would try sending it as an array though if possible?
Try these two combinations of testbody:
var testbody = [
"name": "apitest2"
]
Or
var testbody = {[
"name": "apitest2"
]}
And see what results you get?
Can you possibly get full logs of the request?

Answer 2

Finally I worked it out. At least it is some solution, I am not sure if this also works with the current function.
I found that all other tutorials use form instead of body when posting data. Additionally, their objects do not get JSON.stringified.
So with my object:
var testbody = {
name: 'apitest99'
};
It works when I change the function in node-mautic:
createDynamicContent: function(config, queryParameters, callback) {
var url = config.api_endpoint + "/dynamiccontents/new?access_token=" + config.auth_object.access_token;
//queryParameters = JSON.stringify(queryParameters);**
request.post({
url: url,
form: queryParameters
}, function(err, res) {
if (err) {
callback(err);
} else {
var asset = JSON.parse(res.body);
callback(asset);
}
})
},
And I am getting the following response from the API:
{ dynamicContent:
{ isPublished: true,
dateAdded: '2018-07-13T09:37:07+00:00',
dateModified: null,
createdBy: 1,
createdByUser: 'Raphael',
modifiedBy: null,
modifiedByUser: null,
id: 10,
name: 'apitest99',
category: null,
publishUp: null,
publishDown: null,
sentCount: 0,
variantParent: null,
variantChildren: [],
content: null,
filters: [],
isCampaignBased: true,
slotName: '' } }