API - PHP - Post with _method: DELETE

[ItsPeter]

Hi. I'm trying to figure out how to close the order via API on my demo account and I'm stuck. From what I was able to research, I have to use "_method: DELETE" header with POST, but doing so results with no response at all or invalid.request.format.line-2.column-51, depending on the approach.

Here's the cURL part of the code:
No response:

                    $ch = curl_init($connection_url);

                    curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array(

                        'Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8',

                        'Accept: application/json; charset=UTF-8',

                        'X-IG-API-KEY: '.$key.'',

                        'Version: 1',

                        'Authorization: Bearer '.$access_token.'',

                        'IG-ACCOUNT-ID: '.$account_id.'',

                        '_method: DELETE'

                    ));

                    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);

                    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);

                    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, true);

                    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);

                    $tokens = curl_exec($ch);

'Invalid request' response:

                    $ch = curl_init($connection_url);

                    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "POST");

                    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);

                    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);

                    curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array(

                        'Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8',

                        'Accept: application/json; charset=UTF-8',

                        'X-IG-API-KEY: '.$key.'',

                        'Version: 1',

                        "Authorization: Bearer $access_token",

                        'IG-ACCOUNT-ID: '.$account_id.'',

                        '_method: DELETE',

                    ));

                    $tokens = curl_exec($ch);

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[ItsPeter]

Hi,

I figured it out, here's the code for BUY position if anyone else struggles with the same problem, amend values relevant to your open positions:

                    $data = '{            

                        "dealId": "'.$deal_id.'",

                        "epic": null,

                        "expiry": null,

                        "direction": "SELL",

                        "size": "'.$size.'",

                        "level": null,

                        "orderType": "MARKET",

                        "timeInForce": "FILL_OR_KILL",

                        "quoteId": null

                    }';

   

                    $url_requests = 'https://demo-api.ig.com/gateway/deal/';

                    $connection_url = $url_requests.'///positions/otc';

                    $ch = curl_init($connection_url);

                    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "POST");

                    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);

                    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);

                    curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array(

                        '_method: DELETE',

                        'Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8',

                        'Accept: application/json; charset=UTF-8',

                        'X-IG-API-KEY: '.$key.'',

                        'Version: 1',

                        "Authorization: Bearer $access_token",

                        'IG-ACCOUNT-ID: '.$account_id.'',

                    ));

   

                    $tokens = curl_exec($ch);