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Is there a fool-proof method to generate a correctly formatted JSON data object to be received by a create node resource given by a REST server, defined with Services in Drupal 7?

I have setup a REST server accepting the application/json content type. I have also set up an anonymous endpoint with the create node resource enabled and I managed to create a new item with the Poster plugin for Firefox with Content Type set to application/json and the following data

{"title":"Review","type":"story"}

I can't seem to get any further though. I am following this guide and the node is created but my data for the rest of the fields is not added. I use this JSON editor to generate my code so it matches the structure shown by the dsm($_POST) call I placed in node.module's node_submit handler for testing.

data structure shown by dsm($_POST)

The JSON data I am trying to post looks like this (I remove all whitespace before using Poster):

{
"title":"great success!",
"type":"story",
"field_review":[
    {"und":
        [{"0":
            [
                {"value":"Some text"}
            ]
        }]
    }
],
"field_rating":[
    {"und":
        [
            {"rating":"60"}
        ]
    }
],
"field_product_type":[
    {"und": "1"}
],
"field_barcode":[
    {"und":
        [
            {"value":"33333333333"}
        ]
    }
]
}

What am I missing?

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The function json_encode(); from my understanding.

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  • Could you say a bit more? The function you refer to is a PHP function, if I understand it correctly, and I am trying to send data from an Android app (Java) to a Drupal REST server.
    – benjamin_dk
    Jun 1, 2012 at 19:43
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    drupal_json_encode() turned out to be helpful, actually. See this thread: drupal.org/node/1354202#comment-6456602
    – benjamin_dk
    Sep 9, 2012 at 22:07
  • if the suggestion was helpful than select my answer and vote it up :)
    – generalconsensus
    Sep 10, 2012 at 19:16
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    hi @benjamin_dk it would be really helpful if you could post some examples of how your json ended up looked for different field types. I'll follow the json_encode method at the link, but future visitors will really benefit. cheers
    – ted.strauss
    Nov 26, 2012 at 22:04

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