C-Lightning-REST - curl problem with parameters

[BlackHatCoiner]

I've already opened a github issue, but due to lack of responses, I'll ask it here as well. I don't know if it's a REST related issue, or mine, but probably the latter. Executing GET commands using REST works fine (e.g., getinfo), the problem is with POST commands.

For example:

Code:

curl -X POST "https://localhost:3001/v1/invoice/genInvoice" -H  "accept: application/json" -H  "Content-Type: application/json" -H 'macaroon: Ag[...]l4=' --insecure -d "msatoshi=1000"

The above returns:

Code:

SyntaxError: Unexpected token a in JSON at position 0
    at JSON.parse (<anonymous>)
    at createStrictSyntaxError (/home/bitcoin/c-lightning-REST/node_modules/body-parser/lib/types/json.js:158:10)
    at parse (/home/bitcoin/c-lightning-REST/node_modules/body-parser/lib/types/json.js:83:15)
    at /home/bitcoin/c-lightning-REST/node_modules/body-parser/lib/read.js:121:18
    at invokeCallback (/home/bitcoin/c-lightning-REST/node_modules/raw-body/index.js:224:16)
    at done (/home/bitcoin/c-lightning-REST/node_modules/raw-body/index.js:213:7)
    at IncomingMessage.onEnd (/home/bitcoin/c-lightning-REST/node_modules/raw-body/index.js:273:7)
    at IncomingMessage.emit (events.js:314:20)
    at endReadableNT (_stream_readable.js:1241:12)
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:84:21)

It needs more parameters (label, description), but the error is the same. And I don't know what it means. (I mean I do know, I just don't know what it has to do with c-lightning-REST)

Core Lightning: v0.10.2
C-Lightning-REST: I don't know the version. I'm trying to figure out where it is located.

[n0nce]

I've already opened a github issue, but due to lack of responses, I'll ask it here as well. I don't know if it's a REST related issue, or mine, but probably the latter. Executing GET commands using REST works fine (e.g., getinfo), the problem is with POST commands.

For example:

Code:

curl -X POST "https://localhost:3001/v1/invoice/genInvoice" -H  "accept: application/json" -H  "Content-Type: application/json" -H 'macaroon: Ag[...]l4=' --insecure -d "msatoshi=1000"

Your query is a little bit wrong. Should be like follows. The error probably stems from the --data or -d parameter being wrong.

Code:

curl -X POST 'https://localhost:3001/v1/invoice/genInvoice' --insecure -H 'macaroon:[redacted]' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"amount":"1000", "label":"test", "description":"a new test"}'

Oh, also you don't need to specify the 'Accept' data type (JSON); the API will return you JSON anyway.