The code
<![CDATA[
//your regression api key
$key = "abcxyz";
//your prepared csv file
$file = "insurance.csv";
//read the csv file into an array of data rows
$handle = fopen($file, "r");
$data = [];
if ($handle) {
while (($line = fgets($handle)) !== false) {
$data[] = trim($line);
}
fclose($handle);
}
//your POST fields
$p['key'] = $key;
$p['outcome_variable'] = "charges";
$p['ignore_variables'] = ['sex'];
//no date field in the csv
//$p['convert_date_to'] = "month";
$p['data'] = $data;
//the regression api endpoint
$url = "https://services.scideas.net/regression/api";
//encode payload array as JSON
$postData = json_encode($p);
//create php curl command
$ch = curl_init();
//set curl parameters
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_URL,$url);
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true);
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_HEADER, false);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "POST");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $postData);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, false);
//
$output=curl_exec($ch);
if ($output === false) {
$output = curl_error($ch) . " " .curl_errno($ch);
}
curl_close($ch);
//display output
var_dump($output);
]]>
Or as curl command
curl -X POST -L -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "{\"key\":\"abc123\",\"outcome_variable\":\"charges\",\"ignore_variables\":[\"sex\"],\"data\":[\"age,sex,bmi,children,smoker,region,charges\",\"19,female,27.9,0,yes,southwest,16884.924\",\"18,male,33.77,1,no,southeast,1725.5523\",\"28,male,33,3,no,southeast,4449.462\",\"33,male,22.705,0,no,northwest,21984.47061\",\"32,male,28.88,0,no,northwest,3866.8552\"]}" https://services.scideas.net/regression/api
