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http://Client

A smart and simple HTTP client for sending and recieving JSON and XML.

Installation

Composer

• "vinelab/http": "dev-master" or refer to vinelab/http on packagist.org for the latest version installation instructions.

// change this to point correctly according
// to your folder structure.
require './vendor/autoload.php';

use Vinelab\Http\Client as HttpClient;

$client = new HttpClient;

$response = $client->get('echo.jsontest.com/key/value/something/here');

var_dump($response->json());

Laravel

Edit app.php and add 'Vinelab\Http\HttpServiceProvider', to the 'providers' array.

It will automatically alias itself as HttpClient so no need to alias it in your app.php, unless you would like to customize it - in that case edit your 'aliases' in app.php adding 'MyHttp' => 'Vinelab\Http\Facades\Client',

Usage

GET

Simple

	$response = HttpClient::get('http://example.org');

	// raw content
	$response->content();

With Params

	$request = [
		'url' => 'http://somehost.net/something',
		'params' => [

			'id'     => '12350ME1D',
			'lang'   => 'en-us',
			'format' => 'rss_200'
		]
	];

	$response = HttpClient::get($request);

	// raw content
	$response->content();

	// in case of json
	$response->json();

	// XML
	$response->xml();

POST

	$request = [
		'url' => 'http://somehost.net/somewhere',
		'params' => [

			'id'     => '12350ME1D',
			'lang'   => 'en-us',
			'format' => 'rss_200'
		]
	];

	$response = HttpClient::post($request);

	// raw content
	$response->content();

	// in case of json
	$response->json();

	// XML
	$response->xml();

Headers

$response = HttpClient::get([
	'url' => 'http://some.where.url',
	'headers' => ['Connection: close', 'Authorization: some-secret-here']
]);

// The full headers payload
$response->headers();

Enforce HTTP Version

HttpClient::get(['version' => 1.1, 'url' => 'http://some.url']);

Raw Content

HttpClient::post(['url' => 'http://to.send.to', 'content' => 'Whatever content here may go!']);

Custom Query String

The content passed in the content key will be concatenated to the URL followed by a ?

HttpClient::get(['url' => 'http://my.url', 'content' => 'a=b&c=d']);

It is pretty much the same process with different HTTP Verbs. Supports GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, PATCH, OPTIONS, HEAD

TODO

• Improve tests to include testing all the methods of response (like statusCode...)
• Include tests for handling bad data / errors
• Improve tests to include testing for all HTTP Verbs