c++ - RESTful API requests using Qt

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I'm trying to get example found from this link to work.
GET and DELETE methods are working but I have some issue with PUT and POST . I get server replied: Bad Request . With qDebug() I get this error:
QNetworkReply::NetworkError(ProtocolInvalidOperationError)
To httprequestworker.cpp , I have changed request type to:
request_content.append("Content-Type: application/fhir+json");
Here is my function for getting contents of JSON file from computer and executing the whole input of request for the server:
void MainWindow::on_pushButton_clicked()
    QString url_str = "http://hapi.fhir.org/baseDstu3/Patient/4705560";
    HttpRequestInput input(url_str, "PUT");
    QString settings;
    QFile file;
    file.setFileName("C:/Users/Lauri/Desktop/FHIR/Omia testeja/themostsimplepatientJSON.json");
    file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly | QIODevice::Text);
    settings = file.readAll();
    file.close();
    settings.remove(QRegExp("[\\n]"));
    qDebug() << settings;
    settings.toUtf8();
    input.add_var("key1", settings);
    HttpRequestWorker *worker = new HttpRequestWorker(this);
    connect(worker, SIGNAL(on_execution_finished(HttpRequestWorker*)), this, SLOT(handle_result(HttpRequestWorker*)));
    worker->execute(&input);
Here is the simple JSON I want to upload:
  "resourceType": "Patient",
  "text": {
    "status": "generated",
    "div": "<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>This is a test patient<a name='mm'/></div>"
  "name": [
      "use": "usual",
      "prefix": [
      "given": [
        "Teppo",
        "Testi"
      "family": "Testinen"
  "telecom": [
      "value": "123456789",
      "system": "phone",
      "use": "home"
  "gender": "male",
  "birthDate": "2018-08-21"
JSON file should be right because I have been able to POST and PUT with postman and other tools. Is there something obvious that I'm missing?
Captures from postman:
                Sorry but I'm not sure what You mean by petition. I added screenshot from postman to the post. Is that what You want need to see or something else?
– Lauri
                Aug 13, 2018 at 8:35
the class HttpRequestWorker does not support the sending of json, so I will not use it in the example. For this case I will use QNetworkAccessManager directly:
In the case of PUT you must add the id in the .json, so you can modify the file or do it by code, in this case use the second case:
mainwindow.h
#ifndef MAINWINDOW_H
#define MAINWINDOW_H
#include <QMainWindow>
#include <QNetworkAccessManager>
namespace Ui {
class MainWindow;
class MainWindow : public QMainWindow
    Q_OBJECT
public:
    explicit MainWindow(QWidget *parent = nullptr);
    ~MainWindow();
private slots:
    void on_pushButton_clicked();
    void onManagerFinished(QNetworkReply *reply);
private:
    Ui::MainWindow *ui;
    QNetworkAccessManager manager;
#endif // MAINWINDOW_H
mainwindow.cpp
#include "mainwindow.h"
#include "ui_mainwindow.h"
#include <QFile>
#include <QJsonDocument>
#include <QJsonObject>
#include <QMessageBox>
#include <QNetworkReply>
MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
    QMainWindow(parent),
    ui(new Ui::MainWindow)
    ui->setupUi(this);
    connect(&manager, &QNetworkAccessManager::finished, this, &MainWindow::onManagerFinished);
MainWindow::~MainWindow()
    delete ui;
void MainWindow::on_pushButton_clicked()
    QNetworkRequest request(QUrl("http://hapi.fhir.org/baseDstu3/Patient/4705560"));
    request.setRawHeader("Content-Type", "application/fhir+json");
    QFile file("/path/of/themostsimplepatientJSON.json");
    if(file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly)){
        QJsonDocument doc = QJsonDocument::fromJson(file.readAll());
        QJsonObject obj = doc.object();
        obj["id"] = "4705560"; // add ID
        doc.setObject(obj);
        manager.put(request, doc.toJson());
void MainWindow::onManagerFinished(QNetworkReply *reply)
    qDebug()<< reply->readAll();
output:
"{\n  \"resourceType\": \"OperationOutcome\",\n  \"text\": {\n    \"status\": \"generated\",\n    \"div\": \"<div xmlns=\\\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\\\"><h1>Operation Outcome</h1><table border=\\\"0\\\"><tr><td style=\\\"font-weight: bold;\\\">INFORMATION</td><td>[]</td><td><pre>Successfully created resource \\\"Patient/4705560/_history/7\\\" in 5ms</pre></td>\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\n\\t\\t\\t</tr>\\n\\t\\t\\t<tr>\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t<td style=\\\"font-weight: bold;\\\">INFORMATION</td>\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t<td>[]</td>\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t<td><pre>No issues detected during validation</pre></td>\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\n\\t\\t\\t</tr>\\n\\t\\t</table>\\n\\t</div>\"\n  },\n  \"issue\": [\n    {\n      \"severity\": \"information\",\n      \"code\": \"informational\",\n      \"diagnostics\": \"Successfully created resource \\\"Patient/4705560/_history/7\\\" in 5ms\"\n    },\n    {\n      \"severity\": \"information\",\n      \"code\": \"informational\",\n      \"diagnostics\": \"No issues detected during validation\"\n    }\n  ]\n}"
POST:
mainwindow.cpp
#include "mainwindow.h"
#include "ui_mainwindow.h"
#include <QFile>
#include <QMessageBox>
#include <QNetworkReply>
MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
    QMainWindow(parent),
    ui(new Ui::MainWindow)
    ui->setupUi(this);
    connect(&manager, &QNetworkAccessManager::finished, this, &MainWindow::onManagerFinished);
MainWindow::~MainWindow()
    delete ui;
void MainWindow::on_pushButton_clicked()
    QNetworkRequest request(QUrl("http://hapi.fhir.org/baseDstu3/Patient")); // without ID
    request.setRawHeader("Content-Type", "application/fhir+json");
    QFile file("/path/of/themostsimplepatientJSON.json");
    if(file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly)){
        QByteArray ba = file.readAll();
        manager.post(request, ba);
void MainWindow::onManagerFinished(QNetworkReply *reply)
    qDebug()<< reply->readAll();
output:
"{\n  \"resourceType\": \"OperationOutcome\",\n  \"text\": {\n    \"status\": \"generated\",\n    \"div\": \"<div xmlns=\\\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\\\"><h1>Operation Outcome</h1><table border=\\\"0\\\"><tr><td style=\\\"font-weight: bold;\\\">INFORMATION</td><td>[]</td><td><pre>Successfully created resource \\\"Patient/4728838/_history/1\\\" in 3ms</pre></td>\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\n\\t\\t\\t</tr>\\n\\t\\t\\t<tr>\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t<td style=\\\"font-weight: bold;\\\">INFORMATION</td>\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t<td>[]</td>\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t<td><pre>No issues detected during validation</pre></td>\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\t\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t\\n\\t\\t\\t</tr>\\n\\t\\t</table>\\n\\t</div>\"\n  },\n  \"issue\": [\n    {\n      \"severity\": \"information\",\n      \"code\": \"informational\",\n      \"diagnostics\": \"Successfully created resource \\\"Patient/4728838/_history/1\\\" in 3ms\"\n    },\n    {\n      \"severity\": \"information\",\n      \"code\": \"informational\",\n      \"diagnostics\": \"No issues detected during validation\"\n    }\n  ]\n}"
The complete example can be found in the following link
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