// PostAction submits a MIG Action to the API and returns the reflected action with API ID
func (cli Client) PostAction(a mig.Action) (a2 mig.Action, err error) {
defer func() {
if e := recover(); e != nil {
err = fmt.Errorf("PostAction() -> %v", e)
}
}()
a.SyntaxVersion = mig.ActionVersion
// serialize
ajson, err := json.Marshal(a)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
actionstr := string(ajson)
data := url.Values{"action": {actionstr}}
r, err := http.NewRequest("POST", cli.Conf.API.URL+"action/create/", strings.NewReader(data.Encode()))
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
r.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded")
resp, err := cli.Do(r)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
defer resp.Body.Close()
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
if resp.StatusCode != 202 {
err = fmt.Errorf("error: HTTP %d. action creation failed.", resp.StatusCode)
panic(err)
}
var resource *cljs.Resource
err = json.Unmarshal(body, &resource)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
a2, err = ValueToAction(resource.Collection.Items[0].Data[0].Value)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
return
}