How to convert HTTPS POST request to ESP8266 with API - arduino

Question

Hey y'all
I got a Wemos D1 Mini and try to use the service <getnotify.me> to send notifications to my alexa directly from the microcontroller.
I cant get it to work i really tried everything but the api won't receive my data. Im either getting "-1" as response code or "307 - Temporary Redirect".
The API seems kinda easy and it also seems to work with http instead of https.
The developer needs the request in this format:
Curl example:
curl --header "Content-Type: application/json" --request POST --data '{"message":"your message here"}' --user nmxxxxxxxxxx:scxxxxxxxxxx https://api.getnotify.me/submit
Python example:
import requests
API_ENDPOINT = "https://api.getnotify.me/submit"
API_KEY = "nmxxxxxxxxxx"
API_SECRET = "scxxxxxxxxxx"
data = {'message':'your message here'}
r = requests.post(url = API_ENDPOINT, json=data, auth=(API_KEY, API_SECRET))
print ("Response code: %d" %(r.status_code))
If i convert the Curl to a RAW Request it looks simle as this:
Authorization: Basic hu03NGGxMzGyZfVkOnTjTjAwZjIzBFWhNS==
Host: api.getnotify.me
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 31
{"message":"your message here"}
I already figured out, that the API Key which looks similar to this: "nmxxxxxxxxxx"
and the API secret: "scxxxxxxxxxx" need to be base64.
This is what i got so far:
#include <ESP8266HTTPClient.h>
#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
void setup() {
Serial.begin(115200);
WiFi.begin("ssid", "wifipw");
while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) { //Wait for the WiFI connection completion
delay(500);
Serial.println("Waiting for connection");
}
}
void loop() {
if(WiFi.status()== WL_CONNECTED){ //Check WiFi connection status
Serial.println("Connected");
HTTPClient http;
http.begin("http://api.getnotify.me/submit");
http.addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
http.setAuthorization("Authorization", "Basic hu03NGGxMzGyZfVkOnTjTjAwZjIzBFWhNS==");
int httpCode = http.POST("{\"message\":\"your message here\"}");
String payload = http.getString();
Serial.println(httpCode);
Serial.println(payload);
http.end();
}else{
Serial.print("Error in Wifi connection");
}
delay(30000); //Send a request every x seconds
}
In Python and via Curl it works like a charm (even with http instead of https!)
Do you have any idea how i can get this to work ? im really new to this arduino / esp8266 stuff and unfortunately there is no good examples in the webs and almost no documentation from the developer. but it should be pretty basic stuff. I tried a LOT of variations to the request like sending it all as headers or all in the POST but nothing works. what am i making wrong here?
Thank you so much for your help guys !!

Answer 1

From looking at https://github.com/esp8266/Arduino/blob/master/libraries/ESP8266HTTPClient/src/ESP8266HTTPClient.h it seems that you use setAuthorization incorrectly. The first parameter is username, second one is password:
http.setAuthorization("replace_username", "replace_password");