curl

ixudra/curl

Custom PHP cURL library for the Laravel 4 or 5 framework - developed by Ixudra.

This package can be used by anyone at any given time, but keep in mind that it is optimized for my personal custom workflow. It may not suit your project perfectly and modifications may be in order.

Installation

Pull this package in through Composer.

    {
        "require": {
            "ixudra/curl": "6.*"
        }
    }

Laravel 5.* Integration

Add the service provider to your config/app.php file:

    'providers'     => array(

        //...
        Ixudra\Curl\CurlServiceProvider::class,

    ),

Add the facade to your config/app.php file:

    'facades'       => array(

        //...
        'Curl'          => Ixudra\Curl\Facades\Curl::class,

    ),

Laravel 4.* Integration

Add the service provider to your app/config/app.php file:

    'providers'     => array(

        //...
        'Ixudra\Curl\CurlServiceProvider',

    ),

Add the facade to your app/config/app.php file:

    'facades'       => array(

        //...
        'Curl'          => 'Ixudra\Curl\Facades\Curl',

    ),

Integration without Laravel

Create a new instance of the CurlService where you would like to use the package:

    $curlService = new \Ixudra\Curl\CurlService();

Usage

Laravel usage

The package provides an easy interface for sending cURL requests from your application. The package provides a fluent interface similar the Laravel query builder to easily configure the request. There are several utility methods that allow you to easily add certain options to the request. If no utility method applies, you can also use the general withOption method.

Sending GET requests

In order to send a GET request, you need to use the get() method that is provided by the package:

    // Send a GET request to: http://www.foo.com/bar
    $response = Curl::to('http://www.foo.com/bar')
        ->get();

    // Send a GET request to: http://www.foo.com/bar?foz=baz
    $response = Curl::to('http://www.foo.com/bar')
        ->withData( array( 'foz' => 'baz' ) )
        ->get();

    // Send a GET request to: http://www.foo.com/bar?foz=baz using JSON
    $response = Curl::to('http://www.foo.com/bar')
        ->withData( array( 'foz' => 'baz' ) )
        ->asJson()
        ->get();

Sending POST requests

Post requests work similar to GET requests, but use the post() method instead:

    // Send a POST request to: http://www.foo.com/bar
    $response = Curl::to('http://www.foo.com/bar')
        ->post();

    // Send a POST request to: http://www.foo.com/bar
    $response = Curl::to('http://www.foo.com/bar')
        ->withData( array( 'foz' => 'baz' ) )
        ->post();

    // Send a POST request to: http://www.foo.com/bar with arguments 'foz' = 'baz' using JSON
    $response = Curl::to('http://www.foo.com/bar')
        ->withData( array( 'foz' => 'baz' ) )
        ->asJson()
        ->post();

    // Send a POST request to: http://www.foo.com/bar with arguments 'foz' = 'baz' using JSON and return as associative array
    $response = Curl::to('http://www.foo.com/bar')
        ->withData( array( 'foz' => 'baz' ) )
        ->asJson( true )
        ->post();

PUT and DELETE will be added in the near future.

Downloading files

For downloading a file, you can use the download() method:

    // Download an image from: file http://www.foo.com/bar.png
    $response = Curl::to('http://foo.com/bar.png')
        ->withContentType('image/png')
        ->download('/path/to/dir/image.png');

Using cURL options

You can add various cURL options to the request using of several utility methods such as withHeader() for adding a header to the request, or use the general withOption() method if no utility method applies. The package will automatically prepend the options with the CURLOPT_ prefix. It is worth noting that the package does not perform any validation on the cURL options. Additional information about available cURL options can be found here.

Usage without Laravel

Usage without Laravel is identical to usage described previously. The only difference is that you will not be able to use the facades to access the CurlService.

    $curlService = new \Ixudra\Curl\CurlService();

    // Send a GET request to: http://www.foo.com/bar
    $response = $curlService->to('http://www.foo.com/bar')
        ->get();
        
    // Send a POST request to: http://www.foo.com/bar
    $response = $curlService->to('http://www.foo.com/bar')
        ->post();

Planning

• Add PUT and DELETE method
• Add additional utility methods for other cURL options
• Add contract to allow different HTTP providers such as Guzzle

License

This template is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license

Contact

Jan Oris (developer)

• Email: [email protected]
• Telephone: +32 496 94 20 57