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Issue in calling Create datasource API method

Hi Team,

I am trying to call create datasource API method and I am using postman for the same. Please find the details below -

Url used - https://syncfusionreportserver.ftmaintenance.net/api/v2.0/reports/data-sources

Request -
{ "Name":"DDS", "Description":"", "DataSourceDefinition":{ "ConnectString":"Data Source=WIN-O10PR71H7SE\\FTMAINTENANCEDB;Initial Catalog=Maintman", "CredentialRetrieval":"None", "ImpersonateUser":true, "Password":"somevalue", "Prompt":"None", "UserName":"somevalue", "WindowsCredentials":false, "ServerType":"SQL" } }

Body -
{
    "Message": "Connection string is empty.",
    "StatusCode": 3008
}

Headers-
Cache-Control →no-cache
Content-Length →59
Content-Type →application/json; charset=utf-8
Date →Thu, 08 Nov 2018 23:08:17 GMT
Expires →-1
Pragma →no-cache
Server →Microsoft-IIS/8.5
X-AspNet-Version →4.0.30319
X-Powered-By →ASP.NET
x-error →Connection string is empty.
Can you please let me know why I am getting connection string as empty error message.
Looking forward to see your response.
Thanks,
Amanpreet

2 Replies
MM Mageshyadav M Syncfusion Team November 9, 2018 01:24 PM UTC

Hi Amanpreet,  
 
We are able to reproduce the reported issue when we send data in raw JSON format, but it works fine when we send data in x-www-form-urlencoded format as shown in the image below   
 
   
 
We are validating this issue now, and we will update details asap. 
Regards,  
Mageshyadav.M 


MM Mageshyadav M Syncfusion Team November 12, 2018 10:38 AM UTC

Hi Amanpreet,  
 
We were able to reproduce the reported issue and hence a support incident has been created under your account to deliver patch. Please log on to our support website to check for further updates.   
 
 
Regards, 
Mageshyadav.M 


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