PConnector is a package that makes linking projects together much easier than performing a manual Guzzle or Curl requests. You only need to set some basic settings of your gateway(s) and that's it.

Installation

You can install the package via composer:

composer require medianet-dev/p-connector

Then migrate the package table by running:

php artisan migrate

Usage

Here we will pass through some examples of doing some basic and advanced Api calls .

Configuring your gateway(s)

Before start playing with the package you need to setup a profile for your gateway, and to do so, you need to publish the configuration file by running:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="MedianetDev\PConnector\PConnectorServiceProvider"

After publishing the configuration, go to p-connector.php config file and setup you first profile setting:

# file: p-connector.php

/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| List of the available profiles with it's configurations
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
'profiles' => [
    'demo' => [
        'protocol' => 'https',
        'host' => 'my-json-server.typicode.com',
        'port' => 443,
        'prefix' => 'typicode/demo',
    ],
],

Note that you can set more than one profile.

And that's it for basic configuration, other available settings are described in the configuration file itself.

Some usage examples

// Import the PConnector facade to get available methods hints 
use MedianetDev\PConnector\Facade\PConnector;

// Or use tha alias without available methods hints
# use PConnector;

// Method 1:
$demo = PConnector::get('posts/1');
echo '<h1>'.$demo->title.'</h1>';

// Method 2:
# $demo = PConnector::send('posts/1', [], 'GET');
# echo '<h1>'.$demo->title.'</h1>';

We don't have to tell the PConnector witch profile to use if we set the default_profile parameter, but if we have more than on profile and we want to switch between them, we can use the profile() function like so:

use MedianetDev\PConnector\Facade\PConnector;

$demo = PConnector::profile('demo')->get('posts/1');
$demo2 = PConnector::profile('demo_2')->get('users/1');

IMPORTANT: The profile function will apply a specific profile configuration and erase any other setting, so if you want to switch the profile call the profile() function before any other function.

Configuration:

Some setting can be set as a profile setting, you will find those setting with [AAPS] annotation to distinguish them (AAPS: Also A Profile Setting). To set settings for a profile, you have to put them inside the appropriate profile array. Also, note if a setting is defined inside a profile and as global in the same time, the profile one will be used.

Http Methods:

send(string $path = '', array $data = [], string $method = 'GET')
post(string $path = '', array $data = [])
get(string $path = '', array $data = [])
put(string $path = '', array $data = [])
patch(string $path = '', array $data = [])
delete(string $path = '', array $data = [])

Authentication:

PConnector supports sending request with authentication, and to do so you need to configuration the authentication settings for the desired profile or for all the profiles.

# file: p-connector.php

'auth' => [ // [AAPS]
    // Whether to use authentication by default or not (you can make an exception with withAuth() and withoutAuth() methods)
    'authenticate_by_default' => false,
    // How to authenticate (Accepted values are: api_key, basic, bearer)
    'auth_method' => 'bearer',
    // If the api_key method is use then you SHOULD provide an api_key key
    // 'api_key' => 'X-AUTH-TOKEN',
    // The path of the login
    'login_path' => 'login',
    // The http method used to login
    'login_http_method' => 'POST',
    'credentials' => [
        'username' => 'username',
        'password' => 'password',
    ],
    // The expected http code response when login in
    'success_login_code' => [200],
    // When should we re-authenticate
    're_auth_on_codes' => [401],
    // Where to find the token in the response (you can youse the dot syntax EX: 'data.user.auth.token')
    'token_path' => 'token',
],

You can configure the authentication settings for the desired profile by adding the auth array in the profile config.

'profiles' => [
    'demo' => [
        ...,
        'auth' => [ // Add this section for custom auth settings
            // Authentication settings specific to this profile
        ],
    ],
],

If for some reason you don't want to include authentication while sending some request, you can tell the PConnector like so:

use MedianetDev\PConnector\Facade\PConnector;

$demo = PConnector::profile('demo')->withoutAuth()->get('posts/1');
# $demo = PConnector::withoutAuth()->get('users/1');

Remember that the profile function will apply a specific profile configuration and erase any other setting (in our case the withoutAuth() function), that why we use the profile() before withoutAuth().

Request

# file: p-connector.php

// Request settings
'request' => [ // [AAPS]
    // The default request headers
    'headers' => ['Accept' => 'application/json'],
    // Whether to send the language through the header by default or not
    'enable_localization' => true,
    // Handle http errors or not
    'http_errors' => false,
    // Http connect timeout value
    'connect_timeout' => 3,
    // Http timeout value
    'timeout' => 3,
    // The data type; json, form-data, ...
    'post_data' => 'json',
],

Localization

Send Accept-Language header when needed:

use MedianetDev\PConnector\Facade\PConnector;

$demo = PConnector::lang('ar')->get('posts/1');

Or configure the PConnector to send it automatically via the configuration file.

Quickly change the current url

PConnector::url('https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com')->get('todos')

Or you can use tha alias setUrl() method

This is the list of getters available for the request:

• getRequestUrl()
• getRequestMethod()
• getRequestData()

Response

You can configure how do you want to save the response body:

• As a string
• As an object
• As an array

# file: p-connector.php

'decode_response' => 'object', // [AAPS]

And if you want to change that for a specific response:

use MedianetDev\PConnector\Facade\PConnector;

$demo = PConnector::objectResponse()->get('posts/1');
$demo = PConnector::htmlResponse()->get('posts/1');
$demo = PConnector::arrayResponse()->get('posts/1');

The received response body can be retrieved using getResponseBody() after sending the request.

use MedianetDev\PConnector\Facade\PConnector;

$demo = PConnector::get('posts/1')->getResponseBody();

This is the list of getters available for the response:

• getResponseBody()
• getResponseStatusCode()
• getResponseHeaders()

If you decode the response body as an object, you can use getAttribute('attribute_name') or ->attribute_name to retrieve a specific attribute, or even you can go more deep and do getAttribute('object.object.attribute_name', 'fallback value'), as an example:

use MedianetDev\PConnector\Facade\PConnector;

$demo = PConnector::get('posts/1')->getAttribute('title');
$demo = PConnector::get('posts/1')->title;
$demo = PConnector::get('posts/1')->getAttribute('author.name', 'Unknown author');

Response status code checks:

• function responseCodeIs(int $code): bool
• function responseCodeNot(int $code): bool
• function responseCodeIn(array $codes): bool
• function responseCodeNotIn(array $codes): bool
• function responseOK(): bool
• function responseNOK(): bool

Example:

use MedianetDev\PConnector\Facade\PConnector;

$demo = PConnector::get('posts/1');
if ($demo->responseCodeNot(200)) {
    echo 'This is not what I was expecting from Demo!';
} else {
    echo '<h1>'.$demo->title.'</h1>';
}

$demo = PConnector::post('posts', ['title' => 'My title']);
 if ($demo->responseCodeNotIn([200, 201])) {
    echo 'This is not what I was expecting from Demo!';
} else {
    echo 'Post created, Hola!';
}

Logging

# file: p-connector.php

// Log requests & responses to log files or not (you can make an exception with withLog() and withoutLog() methods)
'log' => false, // [AAPS]

Example 1:

use MedianetDev\PConnector\Facade\PConnector;

$demo = PConnector::get('posts/1')->dump();

if ($demo->responseCodeNot(200)) {
    $demo->log();
} else {
    echo '<h1>'.$demo->title.'</h1>';
}

Example 2:

use MedianetDev\PConnector\Facade\PConnector;

$demo = PConnector::withLog()->get('posts/1');

Debugging

You can debug the PConnector object using the dump() or the dd() method.

use MedianetDev\PConnector\Facade\PConnector;

$demo = PConnector::get('posts/1')->dump();
$demo = PConnector::get('posts/1')->dd();

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information what has changed recently.

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

Security

If you discover any security related issues, please email [email protected] instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits

• Soufiene Slimi
• All Contributors

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.