Proper format for HTTP POST body

tstarr · Post by **tstarr** » Tue Sep 17, 2019 7:25 am

Hello,

I'm trying to create an http request as an action after a "bad" result for an alarm. Specifically, using the service nexmo (https://developer.nexmo.com/messaging/sms/overview), though I don't think the service is the issue here.

I must be putting something in the wrong format for HostMonitor, as testing is successful doing a POST from outside the application.

HostMonitor version is v9.10

Host is https://rest.nexmo.com/sms/json
Port is 443 (for https)

Request is as follows:
POST https://rest.nexmo.com/sms/json
Host: rest.nexmo.com
Content-Type: application/json

{"from": "1[10 digit from number redacted here]",
"text": "A text Host Monitor message sent using the Nexmo",
"to": "1[10 digit to number redacted here]",
"api_key": "[8 character alphanumeric key redacted here]",
"api_secret": "[16 character alphanumeric secret redacted here]"}

Again, this format is successful in a post request outside the HostMonitor application. Does anyone have any thoughts as to what I'm doing wrong?

Appreciate any insights you can give.

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Tue Sep 17, 2019 9:01 am

Version 9.10 is very old and does not support HTTPS protocol for this action (only HTTP)

Regards
Alex

tstarr · Post by **tstarr** » Tue Sep 17, 2019 11:25 am

Ha, there's always something. Thanks for your help, will likely be upgrading.

tstarr · Post by **tstarr** » Tue Sep 17, 2019 3:00 pm

I'm going to be looking at this some more tomorrow, but I just finishing upgrading to v11.98 and it is still failing the POST. An email alert attached to that same test goes off fine, so I know it must be some quirk of the http request that's causing issues.

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Wed Sep 18, 2019 10:09 am

What result/error do you see in the log?

Regards
Alex

tstarr · Post by **tstarr** » Wed Sep 18, 2019 12:44 pm

There don't appear to be any errors relating to the actions taken on test failure in the log. The failing of the test itself shows up as:
<tr class="bad">
<td align="center"> 9/18/2019 12:47:20 AM </td>
<td align="left"> Test Failure </td>
<td align="left"> Bad </td>
<td align="center"> 6.85895538330078 </td>
<td align="left"> [db name] </td>
</tr>

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Wed Sep 18, 2019 2:08 pm

Wrong log file, you should check "system" log file (menu View->System Log)
or check Quick Log related to the test using Quick Log pane (menu View->QuickLog then use "Show action" popup menu item)
or check Quick Log using Test Info dialog (select and press Ctrl+I or use "Test info" popup menu item)

Regards
Alex