I'm trying to download json data using curl in PHP from companies house API.
Here is the example they provide that I'm trying to use: https://developer.companieshouse.gov.uk/api/docs/company/company_number/readCompanyProfile.html#here
The example:
curl -uYOUR_APIKEY_FOLLOWED_BY_A_COLON: https://api.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/{company_number}
My code
<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://api.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/01000000");
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array(
'curl -u8yUXrestOfmyApiKey:'
));
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);
$result = curl_exec($curl);
if(false == $result){
echo curl_error($curl);
}
curl_close($curl);
print($result);
?>
Using header:
'-u my_api_key:8yUXGgcHznjaNWnKpuKIJ7yv7HDvU_slH273GuF1'
I get 400 - bad request and with header in my code above I get nothing no errors blank page no data.
PS. There is a company with number 01000000 I've checked