diff --git a/test_api.php b/test_api.php
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+<?php
+// Test script to debug create_ticket_api.php
+echo "=== Testing create_ticket_api.php ===\n\n";
+
+// Load the API key from hwmonDaemon .env
+$hwmonEnv = '/etc/hwmonDaemon/.env';
+$apiKey = null;
+
+if (file_exists($hwmonEnv)) {
+    $lines = file($hwmonEnv, FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES | FILE_SKIP_EMPTY_LINES);
+    foreach ($lines as $line) {
+        if (strpos($line, 'TICKET_API_KEY=') === 0) {
+            $apiKey = trim(substr($line, 15));
+            // Remove quotes if present
+            if ((substr($apiKey, 0, 1) === '"' && substr($apiKey, -1) === '"') ||
+                (substr($apiKey, 0, 1) === "'" && substr($apiKey, -1) === "'")) {
+                $apiKey = substr($apiKey, 1, -1);
+            }
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+if (!$apiKey) {
+    echo "ERROR: Could not load API key from $hwmonEnv\n";
+    exit(1);
+}
+
+echo "API Key loaded: " . substr($apiKey, 0, 10) . "...\n\n";
+
+// Test data
+$testTicket = [
+    'title' => 'Test Ticket from PHP Script',
+    'description' => 'This is a test ticket to debug the API',
+    'priority' => '3',
+    'category' => 'Test',
+    'type' => 'Issue',
+    'status' => 'Open'
+];
+
+echo "Sending test ticket...\n";
+echo "URL: http://10.10.10.45/create_ticket_api.php\n\n";
+
+// Make the API call
+$ch = curl_init('http://10.10.10.45/create_ticket_api.php');
+curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, [
+    'Content-Type: application/json',
+    'Authorization: Bearer ' . $apiKey
+]);
+curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
+curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($testTicket));
+curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
+curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, true);
+curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 10);
+
+// Capture verbose output
+$verbose = fopen('php://temp', 'w+');
+curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_STDERR, $verbose);
+
+$response = curl_exec($ch);
+$httpCode = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
+$curlError = curl_error($ch);
+
+// Get verbose output
+rewind($verbose);
+$verboseLog = stream_get_contents($verbose);
+fclose($verbose);
+
+curl_close($ch);
+
+echo "HTTP Code: $httpCode\n";
+echo "cURL Error: " . ($curlError ?: 'None') . "\n\n";
+
+echo "=== Raw Response ===\n";
+echo "Length: " . strlen($response) . " bytes\n";
+echo "Content:\n";
+var_dump($response);
+echo "\n";
+
+if ($response) {
+    echo "=== Decoded JSON ===\n";
+    $decoded = json_decode($response, true);
+    if ($decoded === null) {
+        echo "ERROR: Failed to decode JSON\n";
+        echo "JSON Error: " . json_last_error_msg() . "\n";
+    } else {
+        print_r($decoded);
+    }
+} else {
+    echo "ERROR: Empty response received\n";
+}
+
+echo "\n=== cURL Verbose Log ===\n";
+echo $verboseLog;
+echo "\n";