Fliwatt Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 Hello guys, this is my first time working with a web API and trying to navigate that seems really hard, right now I am stuck in how to fetch the JSON results into my script, the website I am using is really simple, it just displays the gender of a name, it is https://api.genderize.io/?name=peter I tried using the WinHTTP function already but it only returns <html> <head><title>400 The plain HTTP request was sent to HTTPS port</title></head> <body bgcolor="white"> <center><h1>400 Bad Request</h1></center> <center>The plain HTTP request was sent to HTTPS port</center> <hr><center>nginx/1.10.3 (Ubuntu)</center> </body> </html> This is my code: #include "WinHttp.au3" Opt("MustDeclareVars", 1) ; Initialize and get session handle Global $hOpen = _WinHttpOpen() ; Get connection handle Global $hConnect = _WinHttpConnect($hOpen, "https://api.genderize.io/?name=peter") ; Request Global $hRequest = _WinHttpSimpleSendRequest($hConnect) ; Simple-read... Global $sRead = _WinHttpSimpleReadData($hRequest) ConsoleWrite( StringLeft($sRead, 1100) & "...") ; Close handles _WinHttpCloseHandle($hRequest) _WinHttpCloseHandle($hConnect) _WinHttpCloseHandle($hOpen) I think I should not retrieve the data using an HTTP call but what should I do instead? Thank you very much for your help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danp2 Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 You're using _WinHttpSimpleSendRequest, which is for HTTP. You'll need to switch to _WinHttpSimpleSendSSLRequest or examine the following simplified example that works -- #include "WinHttp.au3" Opt("MustDeclareVars", 1) ; Initialize and get session handle Global $hOpen = _WinHttpOpen() ; Get connection handle Global $hConnect = _WinHttpConnect($hOpen, "https://api.genderize.io") Local $sReturned = _WinHttpSimpleSSLRequest($hConnect, "GET", "?name=peter") ConsoleWrite( StringLeft($sReturned, 1100) & "...") ; Close handles _WinHttpCloseHandle($hConnect) _WinHttpCloseHandle($hOpen) trancexx 1 Latest Webdriver UDF Release Webdriver Wiki FAQs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fliwatt Posted October 12, 2018 Author Share Posted October 12, 2018 Thank you, that solved it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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