Using a Submit-Only portal as an API Endpoint in Aha!

submit_idea.rb

require 'net/http'
require 'uri'
require "base64"
require "json"

uri = URI("http://new-submit-only-portal.ideas.aha.io/ideas/new")
post_uri = URI("http://new-submit-only-portal.ideas.aha.io/ideas")

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port) {|http| http.request(req) }

page = res.body
cookies = res["Set-Cookie"].split(/[,;] /).grep(/_aha/)

authenticity_token = page.each_line.grep(/csrf-token/).first.match(/content="([^"]+)"/)[1]
portal_token = page.each_line.grep(/portal-token/).first.match(/content="([^"]+)"/)[1]
project_id = page.each_line.grep(/ideas_idea\[project_id\]/).first.match(/value="([^"]+)"/)[1]

puts cookies, authenticity_token


http = Net::HTTP.new(post_uri.hostname, post_uri.port)
headers = {
  "Cookie" => cookies.join("; ")
}

# Create an attachment

attachment_params = {
  "name_prefix" => "ideas_idea[description_attributes]",
  "qqfile" => File.read("my_uploaded_file.jpg")
  # This needs to be a multipart upload, but it will suffice for demonstration purposes
}

_, attachment_data = http.post("/idea_portals/#{portal_token}/attachments", URI.encode_www_form(attachment_params), headers)

attachment_data = JSON.parse(attachment_data)

attachment_ids ||= []
attachment_ids << attachment_data["attachmentId"]
# Repeat this process for multiple uploads.

data = {
  "ideas_idea[project_id]" => project_id,
  "ideas_idea[name]" => "Idea Name",
  "ideas_idea[description_attributes][body]" => "Description of the Idea",
  "ideas_idea[description_attributes][attachment_ids][]" => attachment_ids,
  "ideas_portal_user[email]" => "[email protected]", # The user creating the idea
  "authenticity_token" => authenticity_token
}

resp, data = http.post(post_uri.path, URI.encode_www_form(data), headers)

puts resp, data