Basic Usage

Obtain Http Client

To obtain a Http Client instance, use the HttpClientsManager. It can be obtained via HttpClientsManagerTrait.

<?php
use Aedart\Http\Clients\Traits\HttpClientsManagerTrait;

class WeatherController
{
    use HttpClientsManagerTrait;
    
    public function index()
    {
        $client = $this->getHttpClientsManager()->profile();
        
        // ...remaining not shown
    }
}

Obtain Specific Client Profile

In order to obtain a Http Client profile, state the profile name as argument for the profile() method.

$myClient = $this->getHttpClientsManager()->profile('my-client-profile');

Fresh Client instance

Available since v5.19.0

The profile() method will return the same Client instance, if it was previously requested (it caches the created instance for the profile name). If you need a fresh instance, without having it cached by the client manager, then use the fresh() method.

$client = $this->getHttpClientsManager()->fresh('my-client-profile');

Perform Http Requests

Each method that performs a request will return a PSR-7 ResponseInterface.

GET

Use get() to make a Http GET request.

$response = $client->get('/users');

HEAD

Use head() to make a Http HEAD request.

$response = $client->head('/users');

POST

Use post() to make a Http POST request.

$response = $client->post('/users', [
    'name' => 'John Doe',
    'job'  => 'developer'
]);

PUT

Use put() to make a Http PUT request.

$response = $client->put('/users/421', [
    'name' => 'Jim Orion',
    'job'  => 'architect'
]);

DELETE

Use delete() to make a Http DELETE request.

$response = $client->delete('/users/7742');

OPTIONS

Use options() to make a Http OPTIONS request.

$response = $client->options('/users');

PATCH

Use patch() to make a Http PATCH request.

$response = $client->patch('/users/4487', [
    'name' => 'Isabella Amelia Thomason',
    'job'  => 'lead designer'
]);

Generic Request

The request() method allows you to perform a generic Http request. It accepts three arguments:

• $method: string Http method name
• $uri: string or UriInterface The Uri
• $options: array Driver specific request options (See Guzzle's documentation for additional information)

$response = $client->request('PATCH', '/users/1247', [
    'json' => [
        'name' => 'Emma Jackson',
        'job'  => 'junior developer'
    ]
]);