php curl post raw json code example

Example 1: curl pass raw json in post request

If you wanna use Content-type: application/json and raw data, seem your data 
should be in json format

$ch = curl_init();
$headers  = [
            'x-api-key: XXXXXX',
            'Content-Type: text/plain'
        ];
$postData = [
    'data1' => 'value1',
    'data2' => 'value2'
];
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL,"XXXXXX");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($postData));           
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);
$result     = curl_exec ($ch);
$statusCode = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);

Example 2: how to do a post with json body curl php

// API URL$url = 'http://www.example.com/api';// Create a new cURL resource$ch = curl_init($url);// Setup request to send json via POST$data = array(    'username' => 'codexworld',    'password' => '123456');$payload = json_encode(array("user" => $data));// Attach encoded JSON string to the POST fieldscurl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $payload);// Set the content type to application/jsoncurl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array('Content-Type:application/json'));// Return response instead of outputtingcurl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);// Execute the POST request$result = curl_exec($ch);// Close cURL resourcecurl_close($ch);

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