api: support passing input parameters using JSON in HTTP POST data

diff --git a/api/index.php b/api/index.php
index 01328b9a70f0ddafc34b3498b3c3aee261c62c0c..cebd1c1c43f6e6eb2d1dc963fcaddccb0eb9c2d4 100644 (file)
--- a/api/index.php
+++ b/api/index.php
@@ -21,6 +21,17 @@
 
        session_name($session_name);
 
+       $input = file_get_contents("php://input");
+
+       // Override $_REQUEST with JSON-encoded data if available
+       if ($input) {
+               $input = json_decode($input, true);
+
+               if ($input) {
+                       $_REQUEST = $input;
+               }
+       }
+
        if ($_REQUEST["sid"]) {
                session_id($_REQUEST["sid"]);
        }