Passing Array in REST Api Magento2 (Post Method)

Question

I have created many rest Api in magento2 which working perfectly... I have only problem to pass the array in custom rest api... for example I am passing the data in below format from postman.

{"vendor_data":{"name":"Mujassam", "mobile":7777}}

It gives me below error:

"message": "Class array does not exist", "code": -1,

Api interface is as below,

/**
 * return placed order status
 * @api
 * @param array[] $vendor_data
 * @return array
 */
public function createVendor($vendor_data);

EDIT: tried this but no luck

How to handle multi level array as input parameter from custom POST webservice in Magento2

Answer 1

Magento 2 do not support mixed like array. You can use KayValue[] or string[] but do not array[]

see http://devdocs.magento.com/guides/v2.1/extension-dev-guide/service-contracts/service-to-web-service.html for more details

Answer 2

I also faced the same issue and got it fixed.Try this,

 /**
 * return placed order status
 * @api
 * @param mixed $vendor_data
 * @return array
 */
 public function createVendor($vendor_data);

Answer 3

Type mixed is available from version 2.2 onwards. @saravanavelu's answer won't work in versions before that.

See docs: docs