user profile fields UPDATE with with REST

This is my code for now - the update function send me an error "The name test_userd1xxxxxx12 is already taken." Is this a bug? Why the update function try to use insert a username?

<?php
/**

 * arg (0) = SID ?? mal sehen
 * arg (1) = email
 * http://www.example.com/my_rec/12?bookisdn=ISDN
 * profile fields.. 
 * profile_ls_id tauschen
 * 
 */

include_once 'includes/common.inc';
include_once 'includes/bootstrap.inc';
// This is the base URL for our installation
$base_url = 'http://dcf-panel/rest';

include 'ChromePhp.php';
ChromePhp::log('DCF Servci');


// necessary or the response is empty:
$headers = array('Content-Type' => 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded');

// Login
$data = array(
  'username' => 'webservice',
  'password' => 'webservice',
);

//$headers =  array('Accept' => 'application/json');

$data = http_build_query($data, '', '&');
$response = drupal_http_request($base_url . '/user/login', $headers, 'POST', $data);

$cookie = $response->headers['Set-Cookie'];
$headers = array('Cookie' => $cookie);
$data = json_decode($response->data);

// Check if login was successful
if ($response->code == 200) {
  // Now recycle the login cookie we recieved in the first request  

  $headers = array(
    'Cookie' => $data->session_name . '=' . $data->sessid
          );
  
  $account = array(
      'profile_ls_id' => array(array('value' => '111111')),
      'name' => 'test_userd1xxxxxx12',
      'pass' => 'xyzzy1',
      'mail' => 'xxxxxxxxxxxx@gf.de' 
  );  
  update_user($base_url, $account, $headers);  
  
}
else{
    die ('Failed to login');
    
  }


/*
 * 
 * no $op in service module yet for user roles!! in order to that use update_user
 * 
 * @param $base_url
 * @param $headers
 * @param $account 
 */

function create_user($base_url, $headers){
  $account = array(
      'name' => 'test_userd1xxxxxx13',
      'pass' => 'xyzzy1',
      'mail' => 'test_usder1xxxxxx13@gf.de'
    );

  $query = http_build_query($account=array('account'=>$account), '', '&');
    //if we got code 200, the login was a succes, we can procede to create a user account
  $response = drupal_http_request(
          $base_url.'/user',
          $headers, 
          'POST', 
          $query
          );
  if ($response->code == 200) {
    $user_data = json_decode($response->data);
    ChromePhp::log('create user');
    return $user_data->uid;

    }
    else{
      ChromePhp::log('ERROR create user');
    }

//return json_decode($response->data[uid]);
}

/* update user 
 * @account field for user
 */

function update_user($base_url, $account, $headers){
  ChromePhp::log ($query);
    
  $response = drupal_http_request(
          $base_url.'/user/272',  // path with user uid
          $headers, 
          'PUT', 
          $query
          );
  ChromePhp::log( json_decode($response->data));
//return $response->data[uid];
}

Hi ygerasimov,
thanks for that hint...

Could you explain me, whats the difference or advantage between curl and http-request..

OK I started with Curl.. but need some more help - this should update a user, but it doesn't! I get not error message.. "mysqli_real_escape_string() expects parameter 2 ..." What wrong with this code snippet? I think the problem ist the $account-data. Is this array build right? It seems that the object returns "http_code: 406"

$api = new DrupalREST($endpoint_url, $username, $password, FALSE);
...
$uid = 258;
$account_update = array(
  'mail' => 'updateDrupalREST_01@gmx.li',
  'name' => 'test_user',
      'pass' => 'xx',
);
$api->updateUser($uid, $account_update);

...
class DrupalREST { ...
function updateUser($uid, $account)
    {
        $post = http_build_query($account, '', '&');
        $ch = curl_init($this->endpoint . 'user/'.$uid);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, true);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PUT, TRUE);  // PUT for update
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $post);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER,
                array (
                       "Accept: application/json",
                       "Content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
                       "Cookie: $this->session"
                ));
ChromePhp::log('update user');

       
$result = $this->_handleResponse($ch);

       curl_close($ch);

       return $result;
    }

Hi,

in the end I try to add something to a profile field, add a role and add user to a og-group (for that I need a custom action/recource..right?)

First I tried something easy - change the email-adress to understand how it works..

Passed arguments:
Array
(
[0] => 258
[1] => Array
(
)
)
The array is nearly empyt - it seems that'S someting wrong with my account-array..

$account = array(
        'profile_ls_id' => array(array('value' => '111111')),
      'name' => 'test_userd1xxxxxx12',
      'pass' => 'xyzzy1',
      'mail' => 'xxxxxxxxxxxx@gf.de'
      );

Hi, I try to use this class to update a user profile field..

 function updateUser($uid, $account)
    {
     // $post = $account;
       $post = http_build_query($account, '', '&');
        $ch = curl_init($this->endpoint . 'user/'.$uid);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, true);
       curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, 'PUT');
      //  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PUT, TRUE);  // PUT for update
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $post);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER,
                array (
                       "Accept: application/json",
                       "Content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
                       "Cookie: $this->session"
                ));

and call it with

$account_update = array(
    'mail' => 'updateDrupal_02@gmx.li',
);
$account_update['name'] = $usernew['name']; // is mandatory for update!?
//$account_update['roles'] = array( 5 => 'Panel TN');
//$account_update['category'] = array( 0 => 'auth');
//$account_update['og_groups'] = array( 0 => 2);

//////////////////////////////
// how set a profile field ////////->       $account_update['field_user_id'] = array( 0 => 2);
//////////////////////////////
$api->updateUser($usernew['uid'],array('data' => $account_update));

Could someone give me a hint how to solve this? The update of the email-adress is working.. but not the field update. It seems something to do with the "update-array"

Thanks

$account_update['name'] = $usernew['name']; // is mandetory!
//$account_update['roles'] = array( 5 => 'Panel TN');

$account_update['category'] = 'auth';

$account_update['fields'] = array( 'profile_field_ls_id' => 'hallo');
//$account_update['og_groups'] = array( 0 => 2);

$userupdate = $api->updateUser($usernew['uid'],array('data' => $account_update));

now the category is transmitted, but the profile field is not saved... if it has a value before this value is deleted... now