Uploading File with CURL and Retrieving in Laravel Method

Question

I'm trying to get data posted using cURL in my endpoint, which is built on Laravel. In my API controller, where I receive data, I am able to receive all the data except my media file. I check for presence of the file using $request->hasFile('file') but it returns false. I also try to get the file using $request->file('file') but it returns null.

When I use $request->get('file') , I get the following response.

file":{"name":"/Users/name/File/path/public/media/aaaah.wav","mime":null,"postname":null}

Below, I am using $headers[] = "Content-Type: application/json"; to convert the recipient from array to string. Can anyone help me understand why the file posted by cURL is not being received in my Laravel method when I use $request->hasFile('file') and $request->file('file') ?

AppController

public function postCurlData()
{
   $endPoint = 'http://127.0.0.1:9000/api';          
   $apiKey = '****';
   $url = $endPoint . '?key=' . $apiKey;
   $dir = '/Users/name/File/path/app/public/media/test.wav'; // full directory of the file
   $curlFile = curl_file_create($dir);

    $data = [
       'recipient' => ['44909090', '44909090'],
       'content' => 'i love to code',
       'file' => $curlFile,          
     ];

    $ch = curl_init();
    $headers = array();
    $headers[] = "Content-Type: application/json";
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "POST");
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($data));
    $result = curl_exec($ch);
    $result = json_decode($result, TRUE);
    curl_close($ch);
}

My endpoint where I'm receiving data:

APIController

public function receiveCurlData()   
{   
    $apiKey = $request->get('key');
    if (($apiKey)) {
        return response()->json([
            'status' => 'success',
            'content' => $request->get('content'),
            'recipient' => $request->get('recipient'),
            'file' => $request->hasFile('file')                 
        ]);
    }
}

Response

{"status":"success","content":"I love to code","recipient":
["44909090","44909090"],"file":false}

Answer 1

This answer is related to your question: how to upload file using curl with php .

You should delete

 $headers = array();
    $headers[] = "Content-Type: application/json";

And

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);

And also delete the json_encode() replacing it by the plain array

    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);
    $result = curl_exec($ch);
    $result = json_decode($result, TRUE);
    curl_close($ch);