Testing certain functionality

[cridertechdev]

Are all methods allowed/implemented in the database that we can access with the test credentials provided here: https://www.opendental.com/site/apisetup.html (Under the Authorization header)?

I've been getting the error "Content-Type must be application/json." even though I clearly set this header. I am able to query patients without issue, but when I try to POST a payment, I get this error.

I'm really hoping it's just not available in the testing environment because I can't think of anything else that might be the issue in my code. I even had ChatGPT review my code and it recommended I reach out the API developers because there's nothing in my code that should elicit such a response.

[SLeon]

Good afternoon,

Yes, the credentials listed on the Setup page of our documentation has all API permissions available and has access to all API methods.

I have just sent a request using those credentials to make sure. The first one I sent was with Postman (which can obfuscate its default header values) and the other with curl (which requires you to explicitly specify headers).

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Can you please include a copy of the request you are sending?

[cridertechdev]

Absolutely. I just tried again using this request:

url: https://api.opendental.com/api/v1/payments
headers: {
"Authorization": "ODFHIR NFF6i0KrXrxDkZHt/VzkmZEaUWOjnQX2z",
"Content-Type":"application/json"
}
body:{
"PayAmt": "76.89",
"PatNum": 15,
"PayDate": "2023-04-03",
"PayNote": "Payment taken via mobile app",
"isPatientPreferred": "true"
}

I'm using Dart's http.post() method in my mobile app. The credentials above are the test creds from my original post.

[cridertechdev]

I think I answered my own question. Dart's http.post() method overrides all headers. I'll have to look into a workaround.