Post request in Alteryx download tool

[fiddycodes]

Hello, 

I'm looking to build a post request in Alteryx download tool. The input data should be in JSON format. 

This is the API I'm using: https://developer.tomtom.com/batch-search-api/documentation/synchronous-batch

I'd like to send a json as the body for the post request, but I'm not doing it correctly. Please guide me and let me know where I can learn more about how to create post requests in Alteryx. 

Currently, I have this as my json. It's just a string inside of a the column "field like this: 

field

{ "batchItems": [ { "query": "/search/lodz.json?limit=10&idxSet=POI,PAD,Str,Xstr,Geo,Addr" }, { "query": "/search/wroclaw.json?limit=10&idxSet=POI,PAD,Str,Xstr,Geo,Addr" }, { "query": "/search/berlin.json?limit=10&idxSet=POI,PAD,Str,Xstr,Geo,Addr" } ] }

[geraldo]

@fiddycodes 

you filled this item in the header
Required headers

Description

Content-Type

Specifies the MIME type of the body of the request.

Values: application/xml and application/json

in your case it's just json

[fiddycodes]

Can you please clarify? I don't understand.

[fiddycodes]

@geraldo 

[geraldo · Accepted solution]

@fiddycodes 

Did you complete this item?

In the documentation it asks as required.
If the body is json fill it with json if it is xml fill it with xml

and i believe you have the api key

[fiddycodes]

I see my issue was that I didn't fill out the headers section with Name: Content-type Value: application/json. I finally understand, thank you. 

[geraldo]

@fiddycodes 

What message you will be receiving in DownloadHeaders

[fiddycodes]

Before I was getting a 400 error and the error description said Content-Type application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8 is not supported.

Now after setting the content type to application/json I get a 200 status.