Rails: Post JSON to API Using Rails and HTTParty - ruby-on-rails

Question

I'm fairly new to API in Rails, and so I will need some assistance for the issue that I am facing.
All I want is to create a record on the database of the API through a POST request from my application.
That is to create a record on both databases (my database and the on the database of the API through a POST request from my application) whenever I create a book.
So this is what I've done so far:
For the app that will consume the API I am using the HTTParty gem.
I have tried to implement in my create action of the Books Controller using the code below:
#result = HTTParty.post(' https://www.pingme.com/wp-json/wplms/v1/user/register',
:body => { :name => '#{name}',
:author => '#{author}',
:description => '#{description}',
:category_id => '#{category_id}',
:sub_category_id => '#{sub_category_id}'}.to_json,
:headers => { 'Content-Type' => 'application/json', 'Authorization' => '77d22458349303990334xxxxxxxxxx' })
Here is my Books Controller for creating books
require 'httparty'
class BooksController < ApplicationController
include HTTParty
before_action :set_book, only: [:show, :edit, :update, :destroy]
before_action :authenticate_admin!, except: %i[show index]
skip_before_action :verify_authenticity_token
# GET /books
# GET /books.json
def index
#books = Book.search(params[:keywords]).paginate(:page => params[:page], :per_page => 9).order('created_at DESC')
end
# GET /books/1
# GET /books/1.json
def show
end
# GET /books/new
def new
#book = Book.new
end
# GET /books/1/edit
def edit
end
# POST /books
# POST /books.json
def create
#book = Book.new(book_params)
respond_to do |format|
if #book.save
format.html { redirect_to #book, notice: 'Book was successfully created.' }
format.json { render :show, status: :created, location: #book }
else
format.html { render :new }
format.json { render json: #book.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity }
end
end
#result = HTTParty.post(' https://www.pingme.com/wp-json/wplms/v1/user/register',
:body => { :name => '#{name}',
:author => '#{author}',
:description => '#{description}',
:category_id => '#{category_id}',
:sub_category_id => '#{sub_category_id}'}.to_json,
:headers => { 'Content-Type' => 'application/json', 'Authorization' => '77d22458349303990334xxxxxxxxxx' })
end
# PATCH/PUT /books/1
# PATCH/PUT /books/1.json
def update
respond_to do |format|
if #book.update(book_params)
format.html { redirect_to #book, notice: 'Book was successfully updated.' }
format.json { render :show, status: :ok, location: #book }
else
format.html { render :edit }
format.json { render json: #book.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity }
end
end
end
# DELETE /books/1
# DELETE /books/1.json
def destroy
#book.destroy
respond_to do |format|
format.html { redirect_to books_url, notice: 'Book was successfully destroyed.' }
format.json { head :no_content }
end
end
private
# Use callbacks to share common setup or constraints between actions.
def set_book
#book = Book.find(params[:id])
end
# Never trust parameters from the scary internet, only allow the white list through.
def book_params
params.require(:book).permit(:name, :author, :description, :category_id, :sub_category_id)
end
end
But it still doesn't create these books on the database of the API through the post request when I create books.
Please any form of assistance will be highly appreciated.
Thank you.

Answer 1

Check you logs when you do the request, but I suspect you need to change your body to:
{
:book => {
:name => '#{name}',
:author => '#{author}',
:description => '#{description}',
:category_id => '#{category_id}',
:sub_category_id => '#{sub_category_id}'
}
}.to_json
Note that book key at the top is the difference.

Answer 2

Following contributions from #paulo-fidalgo and #tejasbubane, I found a working solution to the issue.
Here is the corrected HTTParty Post Request
#results = HTTParty.post(' https://www.pingme.com/wp-json/wplms/v1/user/register',
:body => {
:name => "#{#book.name}",
:author => "#{#book.author}",
:description => "#{#book.description}",
:category_id => "#{#book.category_id}",
:sub_category_id => "#{#book.sub_category_id}"}.to_json,
:headers => {
'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
'Authorization' => '77d22458349303990334xxxxxxxxxx'
}
)