what is entity when create an order using REST api

Question

I am trying to create order using REST API I have got an error message ordered: {"message":"%fieldName is a required field.","parameters":{"fieldName":"entity"}}"

What is entity field in order of magento2?.

Api.php

<?php
class MagentoClient {
 public $bearer_token = '';
 public $base_url = '';
 public function __construct($token, $base_url) {
 $this->base_url = $base_url;
 $this->bearer_token = $token;
 }
 public function request($endpoint, $method = 'GET', $body = FALSE) {
 $ch = curl_init();
 curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $this->base_url . $endpoint);
 curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
 curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, $method);
 curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $body);
 $headers = array();
 $headers[] = "Authorization: Bearer " . $this->bearer_token;
 if ($body) {
 $headers[] = "Content-Type: application/json";
 }
 curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);
 $result = curl_exec($ch);
 if (curl_errno($ch)) {
 echo 'Error:' . curl_error($ch);
 }
 curl_close ($ch);
 return $result;
 }
 public function getProduct($product_id) {
 return $this->request('/products/' . $product_id . '/', 'GET');
 }
 public function createCart() {
 return $this->request('/guest-carts/', 'POST');
 }
 public function addToCart($cart_id, $product_sku, $quantity = 1) {
 $order = array(
 'cartItem' => array(
 'quote_id' => $cart_id,
 'sku' => $product_sku,
 'qty' => $quantity,
 )
 );
 return $this->request('/guest-carts/' . $cart_id . '/items',
 'POST',
 json_encode($order)
 );
 }
 public function setShipping($cart_id, $shipping) {
 return $this->request('/guest-carts/' . $cart_id . '/shipping-information',
 'POST',
 json_encode($shipping)
 );
 }
 public function placeOrder($cart_id, $payment_method = 'cashondelivery') {
 $payment = array(
 'paymentMethod' => array('method' => $payment_method)
 );
 return $this->request('/guest-carts/' . $cart_id . '/order',
 'PUT',
 json_encode($payment)
 );
 }
 public function getPaymentMethods($cart_id) {
 return $this->request('/guest-carts/' . $cart_id . '/payment-information', 'GET');
 }
}

place-order.php

<?php
require_once 'api.php';
// The URL to your Magento 2 instance (ending with /index.php/rest/V1)
$api_url = 'http://192.168.1.100/magento24/index.php/rest/V1/orders';
// Set the integrations access token.
$token = '00qlti27cwtsj2inmjg9w02yve991kib';
// Fill in the SKU of the product which should be ordered.
$sku = 'car';
$magento = new MagentoClient($token, $api_url);
$product = $magento->getProduct($sku);
$cart = $magento->createCart();
$cart = str_replace('"', '', $cart);
$order_filled = $magento->addToCart($cart, $sku, 1);
//var_dump($order_filled);
$ship_to = array (
 'addressInformation' =>
 array (
 'shippingAddress' =>
 array (
 'region' => 'Wien',
 'region_id' => 95,
 'country_id' => 'AT',
 'street' =>'aaa',
 array (
 0 => 'Fillgradergasse 12-14/1a',
 ),
 'company' => 'acolono GmbH',
 'telephone' => '1111111',
 'postcode' => '1060',
 'city' => 'Vienna',
 'firstname' => 'Martin',
 'lastname' => 'Testman',
 'email' => '[email protected]',
 'prefix' => 'address_',
 'region_code' => 'W',
 'sameAsBilling' => 1,
 ),
 'billingAddress' =>
 array (
 'region' => 'Wien',
 'region_id' => 95,
 'country_id' => 'AT',
 'street' =>
 array (
 0 => 'Fillgradergasse 12-14/1a',
 ),
 'company' => 'acolono GmbH',
 'telephone' => '1111111',
 'postcode' => '1060',
 'city' => 'Vienna',
 'firstname' => 'Martin',
 'lastname' => 'Testman',
 'email' => '[email protected]',
 'prefix' => 'address_',
 'region_code' => 'W',
 ),
 'shipping_method_code' => 'flatrate',
 'shipping_carrier_code' => 'flatrate',
 ),
);
$order_shipment = $magento->setShipping($cart, $ship_to);
// var_dump($order_shipment);
//$payment = $magento->getPaymentMethods($cart);
//var_dump($payment);
$ordered = $magento->placeOrder($cart, 'cashondelivery');
echo "\nordered:\n";
var_dump($ordered)
;

Can any one help me on this problem ? Any references or suggestions are highly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

• Petar Dzhambazov: You should probably give some code example how do you call the API

Answer 1

All seems good with your code I have tried it and it's working .Check with your instance custom modules and access token.

• Kamlesh Jha: Need more information ...What is entity field in order of magento2?.
• Bibhu Asish: @KamleshJha you find your answer for sales order entity here [link]magento.stackexchange.com/questions/162801/…