API input/process/set failing

Emoncms
1

Hi all,

Battling with automation here and not sure where I’m going wrong. I’ve created the input, created the feed and now coming to linking the two with a process to LOG the data and I just cannot get the api to do this.
Following the docs it should be:
Set input process list GET https://myweb.net/emoncms/input/process/set?inputid=0&processlist=0:0

However this fails with
{“success”:false,“message”:“Input processlist was not updated”}
I’ve tried crafting this is various ways, used post, get, json format, parameters (all including my apikey) and all return with this problem.
My alternative method:

    $jsonData = array(
    'processlist' => 'process__log_to_feed:100'
);
$jsonDataEncoded = json_encode($jsonData);
$dothis = file_get_contents('https://myweb.net/emoncms/input/process/set.json?inputid=10',null,stream_context_create(array(
    'http' => array(
        'protocol_version' => 1.1,
        'method'           => 'POST',
        'header'           => "Content-type: application/json\r\n".
                              "Connection: close\r\n" .
                              "Authorization: Bearer myapikey\r\n" .
                              "Content-length: " . strlen($jsonDataEncoded) . "\r\n",
        'content'          => $jsonDataEncoded,
    ),
)));

But same problem persists. I’ve also tried to capture the browser data, as when I do this with the GUI it works, it seems to post the same but there must be a magic key element I’m missing. Please help!

Thank you.
Andy

[Edited to format code snippet - RW]

2

Have you checked the emoncms logs? set log level to debug in settings.

3

You only need to ‘set’ the process list once, ever, not every time. Are you misunderstanding the set command? Is the processing set incorrectly?

4

Have you seen this Github issue relating to the input/process/set api?

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5

Sorry for the delay in replying. So yes I’m aware you set the process list once, it’s automatic scripting for when a new input is ‘discovered’ by my script and it adds the input and feed, the missing part is the process.
I hadn’t set log level up so that’s next step, thank you!

@pb66 yes I saw that and hence the code on my “alternative” method posted above which uses a POST using inputid in the get/url params and then the content being processlist.
I think there is a bug somewhere but cannot quite put my finger on it at the moment.
For now I’ve solved the issue by writing the value to the MySQL database:

$doupd=mysqli_query($link, "update input set processList='1:".$read_feed["id"]."' where id='".$in_id."' limit 1");

Which is working. I’ll keep trying to diagnose the error in the API however.

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