REST API example

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Below you'll find a REST API script, written in PHP. With this script you can easily make your first HTTP request. All calls are supported: GET, POST, PUT & DELETE.

<?php
/**
 *  Class to deal with the REST API
 */
class CopernicaRestAPI
{
    /**
     *  The access token
     *  @var string
     */
    private $token;

    /**
     *  Constructor
     *  @param  string      Access token
     */
    public function __construct($token)
    {
        // copy the token
        $this->token = $token;
    }

    /**
     *  Do a GET request
     *  @param  string      Resource to fetch
     *  @param  array       Associative array with additional parameters
     *  @return array       Associative array with the result
     */
    public function get($resource, array $parameters = array())
    {
        // the query string
        $query = http_build_query(array('access_token' => $this->token) + $parameters);

        // construct curl resource
        $curl = curl_init("https://api.copernica.com/v1/$resource?$query");

        // additional options
        curl_setopt_array($curl, array(CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true));

        // do the call
        $answer = curl_exec($curl);

        // clean up curl resource
        curl_close($curl);

        // done
        return json_decode($answer, true);
    }

    /**
     *  Do a POST request
     *  @param  string      Resource name
     *  @param  array       Associative array with data to post
     *  @return mixed       False on failure or the id of the created item           
     */
    public function post($resource, array $data = array())
    {
        // the query string
        $query = http_build_query(array('access_token' => $this->token));

        // construct curl resource
        $curl = curl_init("https://api.copernica.com/v1/$resource?$query");

        // data will be json encoded
        $data = json_encode($data);

        // additional options
        curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
            CURLOPT_POST            =>  true,
            CURLOPT_HEADER          =>  true,
            CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER  =>  true,
            CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER      =>  array('content-type: application/json'),
            CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS      =>  $data
        ));

        // do the call
        $answer = curl_exec($curl);
        $httpCode = curl_getinfo($curl, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);

        // clean up curl resource
        curl_close($curl);

        // bad request
        if (!$httpCode || $httpCode == 400) return false;

        // try and get the X-Created id from the header
        if (!preg_match('/X-Created:\s?(\d+)/i', $answer, $matches)) return true;

        // return the id of the created item
        return $matches[1];
    }

    /**
     *  Do a PUT request
     *  @param  string      Resource name
     *  @param  array       Associative array with data to post
     *  @param  array       Associative array with additional parameters
     *  @return bool
     */
    public function put($resource, array $data = array(), array $parameters = array())
    {
        // the query string
        $query = http_build_query(array('access_token' => $this->token) + $parameters);

        // construct curl resource
        $curl = curl_init("https://api.copernica.com/v1/$resource?$query");

        // data will be json encoded
        $data = json_encode($data);

        // additional options
        curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
            CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST   =>  'PUT',
            CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER      =>  array('content-type: application/json', 'content-length: '.strlen($data)),
            CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS      =>  $data
        ));

        // do the call
        $answer = curl_exec($curl);

        // clean up curl resource
        curl_close($curl);

        // done
        return $answer;
    }

    /**
     *  Do a DELETE request
     *  @param  string      Resource name
     *  @return bool
     */
    public function delete($resource)
    {
        // the query string
        $query = http_build_query(array('access_token' => $this->token));

        // construct curl resource
        $curl = curl_init("https://api.copernica.com/v1/$resource?$query");

        // additional options
        curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
            CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST   =>  'DELETE'
        ));

        // do the call
        $answer = curl_exec($curl);

        // clean up curl resource
        curl_close($curl);

        // done
        return $answer;
    }
}

Use in your own application

Just copy and paste the script in your own application. The script below lets you call the API from every script.

<?php
// required code
require_once('copernica_rest_api.php');

// create an api object (add your own access token!)
$api = new CopernicaRestApi("my-access-token");

// do the call
$result = $api->get("databases");

// print the result
print_r($result);

More information

• REST API