EXAMPLE #05
PHP
Bash
Auth via request body
Send credentials in the JSON body instead of HTTP headers.
05-send-event-query-params.php
#!/usr/bin/env php
<?php
/**
* Example: Authenticate via query/form parameters instead of headers
*
* The API accepts DataStream ID and Token either as HTTP headers
* (X-DataStream-ID / X-Token) or as regular request body fields
* (data_stream_id / token). This example uses the body approach.
*
* Usage:
* php 05-send-event-query-params.php
*/
$baseUrl = 'https://www.spaceplace.app';
$dataStreamId = 'YOUR-DATASTREAM-UUID-HERE';
$tokenValue = 'YOUR-TOKEN-VALUE-HERE';
$payload = [
// Auth fields sent as part of the JSON body
'data_stream_id' => $dataStreamId,
'token' => $tokenValue,
// Event fields
'number' => 7,
'source' => 'inline-auth-example',
'key' => 'status',
'value' => 'ok',
];
$ch = curl_init("{$baseUrl}/api/events");
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
CURLOPT_POST => true,
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
'Content-Type: application/json',
'Accept: application/json',
],
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode($payload),
]);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
$httpCode = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
curl_close($ch);
$body = json_decode($response, true);
if ($httpCode === 201) {
echo "Event created: {$body['event_id']}\n";
} else {
echo "Failed (HTTP {$httpCode}):\n";
print_r($body);
exit(1);
}
05-send-event-query-params.sh
#!/usr/bin/env bash
#
# Example: Authenticate via request body instead of headers
#
# The API accepts DataStream ID and Token either as HTTP headers
# (X-DataStream-ID / X-Token) or as request body fields
# (data_stream_id / token).
#
# Usage:
# bash 05-send-event-query-params.sh
BASE_URL="https://www.spaceplace.app"
DATASTREAM_ID="YOUR-DATASTREAM-UUID-HERE"
TOKEN_VALUE="YOUR-TOKEN-VALUE-HERE"
response=$(curl -s -w "\n%{http_code}" \
-X POST "${BASE_URL}/api/events" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-d "{
\"data_stream_id\": \"${DATASTREAM_ID}\",
\"token\": \"${TOKEN_VALUE}\",
\"number\": 7,
\"source\": \"inline-auth-example\",
\"key\": \"status\",
\"value\": \"ok\"
}")
http_code=$(echo "$response" | tail -n1)
body=$(echo "$response" | sed '$d')
if [ "$http_code" = "201" ]; then
echo "Event created: $(echo "$body" | jq -r '.event_id')"
else
echo "Failed (HTTP ${http_code}):"
echo "$body" | jq .
exit 1
fi