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Developer’s manual

Suppose, for instance, an Extbase controller action:

$httpClientRequest = $this->objectManager->get('TS\Restclient\Client\HttpClientRequest')->setMethod('GET')->setUrl('http://domain/api/users/123/profile');
$httpClient = $this->objectManager->get('TS\Restclient\Client\HttpClient')->setErrorThrowException(true)->setRequest($httpClientRequest);
try {
  $httpClient->exec();

  $httpClientResponse = $httpClient->getResponse();
  $userProfile = $httpClientResponse->getBody();
}
catch (HttpClientException $e) {
  $errorCode = $e->getCode();
  $errorMEssage = $e->getMessage();
}

You can use HttpClient method doRequest setting the request in-line:

$httpClient = $this->objectManager->get('TS\Restclient\Client\HttpClient')->setErrorThrowException(true);
try {
  $httpClient->doRequest('GET', 'http://domain/api/users/123/profile');

  $httpClientResponse = $httpClient->getResponse();
  $userProfile = $httpClientResponse->getBody();
}
catch (HttpClientException $e) {
  $errorCode = $e->getCode();
  $errorMEssage = $e->getMessage();
}

Also you can use the CRUD shorthands:

try {
  $userProfile = $this->objectManager->get('TS\Restclient\Client\HttpClient')->setErrorThrowException(true)->get('http://domain/api/users/123/profile');
}
catch (HttpClientException $e) {
  $errorCode = $e->getCode();
  $errorMEssage = $e->getMessage();
}

If you need to to send json with the request:

$data = array('message' => 'It\'s just a message sent with RESTclient.');
$dataJson = json_encode($data);
$httpClientRequest = $this->objectManager->get('TS\Restclient\Client\HttpClientRequest')
  -> setMethod('post')
  -> setUrl('http://domain/api/users/123/feed')
  -> setHeader(array('Content-Type: application/json', 'Content-Length: '.strlen($dataJson)))
  -> setData($dataJson)
$httpClient = $this->objectManager->get('TS\Restclient\Client\HttpClient')->setErrorThrowException(true)->setRequest($httpClientRequest);
try {
  $httpClient->exec();

  $httpClientResponse = $httpClient->getResponse();
  $userProfile = $httpClientResponse->getBody();
}
catch (HttpClientException $e) {
  $errorCode = $e->getCode();
  $errorMEssage = $e->getMessage();
}

If you need to set the HTTP header and to send files/data fields with the request:

$httpClientRequest = $this->objectManager->get('TS\Restclient\Client\HttpClientRequest')
  -> setMethod('post')
  -> setUrl('http://domain/api/users/123/feed')
  -> setHeader(array('Authorization: OAuth 1234567890'))
  -> setData(array('message' => 'It\'s just a message sent with RESTclient.'))
  -> setFiles array('file1'=> array('filename'=> 'file1.txt', 'realpath'=> '/path/to/file1', 'mimetype'=>'txt'));
$httpClient = $this->objectManager->get('TS\Restclient\Client\HttpClient')->setErrorThrowException(true)->setRequest($httpClientRequest);
try {
  $httpClient->exec();

  $httpClientResponse = $httpClient->getResponse();
  $userProfile = $httpClientResponse->getBody();
}
catch (HttpClientException $e) {
  $errorCode = $e->getCode();
  $errorMEssage = $e->getMessage();
}

If you don’t set errorThrowException, you can analyze the HttpClientError:

$httpClientRequest = $this -> objectManager -> get('TS\Restclient\Client\HttpClientRequest')-> setMethod('get')->setUrl('http://domain/api/users/123/profile')
$httpClient = $this->objectManager->get('TS\Restclient\Client\HttpClient')->setRequest($httpClientRequest);
$httpClientResponse = $httpClient->exec()->getResponse();
if ($httpClientResponse === false) {
  $errorCode = $httpClient->getError()->getCode();
  $errorMessage = $httpClient->getError()->getMessage();
}

API Reference

This table provides the description of HttpClient* classes.

Class Summary Description
\TS\Restclient\Client\HttpClient The class that you must use to do the request and to receive the response.
\TS\Restclient\Client\HttpClientRequest The request.
\TS\Restclient\Client\HttpClientResponse The response of HttpClient request.
\TS\Restclient\Client\HttpClientError If you don’t set throwErrorException, in case of failure you still can get an instance of HttpClientError from HttpClient.
\TS\Restclient\Client\HttpClientException The Exception class thrown from HttpClient in case of failure.

This table provides how to use the methods provided by HttpClient.

Method summary
setErrorThrowException (bool $errorThrowException = true)

If set to TRUE, the HttpClient will throw an HttpClientException in case of failure.

Returns the HttpClient current instance.

setErrorLog (int $errorLog = 1)

If set then the HttpClient will write a log to file typo3temp/logs/typo3.log in case of failure.

The values thant you can use to set the log severity level:

HttpClient::LOGGER_SEVERITY_INFO, HttpClient::LOGGER_SEVERITY_WARNING, HttpClient::LOGGER_SEVERITY_ERROR, HttpClient::LOGGER_SEVERITY_CRITICAL.

Returns the HttpClient current instance.

setConnectionTimeout (int $connectionTimeout)

Set the max seconds allowed to connect to the server.

Returns the HttpClient current instance.

setTimeout (int $timeout)

Set the max seconds allowed to execute a request to the server.

Returns the HttpClient current instance.

setFollowRedirect (bool $followRedirect[, int $maxRedirect = null])

If set to TRUE, the client will follow the redirect. You can also set the maximum number of redirects.

Returns the HttpClient current instance.

setProxy (string $proxyAddress[, int $proxyPort][, string $proxyCredentials][, string $proxyAuthScheme = null)

Set the proxy parameters to send the request.

The credentials ‘username:password’.

The authentication scheme are ‘basic’ or ‘digest’.

Returns the HttpClient current instance.

setSslCheckDisabled (void)

To accept any server(peer) certificate.

Returns the HttpClient current instance.

setSslCertificate (string $certificateFilePath)

If you don’t set sslCheckDisable, you must set the path of certificate that client should trust.

Returns the HttpClient current instance.

setCookie (string $cookieFilePath)

Set the filename that containg the cookie data and where to save it.

Returns the HttpClient current instance.

setCheckHttpCode (bool $checkHttpCode = true)

If set to TRUE the client check the response http status code (failure if greater or equal than 400).

Returns the HttpClient current instance.

setUserAgent (string $userAgent)

Set the user-agent header.

Returns the HttpClient current instance.

getRequest (void)

Get the current request.

Returns the HttpClient current instance.

setRequest (HttpClientRequest $request)

Set the request.

Returns the HttpClient current instance.

exec (void)

Execute the current request.

Returns the HttpClient current instance, or FALSE if an error occurs.

doRequest (string $method, string $url[, array $header = null][, array $data = null][, array $files = null])

Execute a CRUD request.

The methods are: ‘get’, ‘post’, ‘put’, ‘delete’.

The url is address to send the request.

The header is something like array(‘X-Powered-By: John Doe’, …).

The data is something like array(‘name’ => ‘john’, ‘surname’ => ‘doe’, …) or string {“name”:”john”,”surname”:”doe”}.

The files is something like array(‘file1’=> array(‘filename’=> ‘file1.txt’, ‘realpath’=> ‘/path/to/file1’, ‘mimetype’=>’txt’), …).

Returns the HttpClient current instance, or FALSE if an error occurs.

get (string $url[, array $header = null])
The shorthand for a GET request.
post (string $url[, array $header = null][, array $data = null])
The shorthand for a POST request.
put (string $url[, array $header = null][, array $data = null])
The shorthand for a PUT request.
delete (string $url[, array $header = null][, array $data = null])
The shorthand for a DELETE request.
getError (void)
Returns the HttpClientError.
getResponse (void)
Returns the HttpClientResponse.
reset ([bool $initClient = true])

Use if you want reset the state of HttpClient instance (it resets last error, settings, request and response).

If you set initClient to TRUE, then it will keep the basic configuration provided from Backend module “Extension Manager”.

Returns the HttpClient current instance.

This table provides how to use the methods provided by HttpClientRequest.

Method summary
getMethod (void)
Returns the method ‘get’, ‘post’, ‘put’, or ‘delete’.
setMethod (string $method)

Set the method.

Returns the HttpClientReuqest current instance.

getUrl (void)
Returns the url.
setUrl (string $url)

Set the url.

Returns the HttpClientRequest current instance.

getHeader (void)
Returns the header.
setHeader (array $header)

Set the header, something like array(‘X-Powered-By: John Doe’, …).

Returns the HttpClientRequest current instance.

addHeaders (array $headers)

Add headers to HttpClientRequest header, something like array(‘X-Cache: 0’, …).

Returns the HttpClientRequest current instance.

resetHeader (void)

Reset the current header.

Returns the HttpClientRequest current instance.

getData (void)
Returns the data.
setData ($data)

Set the data, something like array(‘name’ => ‘john’, ‘surname’ => ‘doe’, …) or string {“name”:”john”,”surname”:”doe”}.

Returns the HttpClientRequest current instance.

resetData (void)

Reset the current data.

Returns the HttpClientRequest current instance.

getFiles (void)
Returns the files.
setFiles (array $files)

Set the files.

Something like array(‘file1’=> array(‘filename’=> ‘file1.txt’, ‘realpath’=> ‘/path/to/file1’, ‘mimetype’=>’txt’), …).

Returns the HttpClientRequest current instance.

addFiles (array $files)

Add files to HttpClientRequest files.

Something like array(‘file2’=> array(‘filename’=> ‘file2.txt’, ‘realpath’=> ‘/path/to/file2’, ‘mimetype’=>’txt’), …).

Returns the HttpClientRequest current instance.

resetFiles (void)

Reset the current files.

Returns the HttpClientRequest current instance.

This table provides how to use the methods provided by HttpClientResponse.

Method summary
getHeader ([bool $toArrary = false])
Returns the response header.
getBody ([bool $jsonDecode = false])
Returns the response body.
getRequestSize (void)
Returns the size of request sent.
getContentType (void)
Returns the Content Type of request sent.
getHttpCode (void)
Returns the last HTTP code received.
getConnectTime (void)
Returns the seconds to establish the connection.
getPrimaryIp (void)
Returns the IP address of the last connection.
getPrimaryPort (void)
Returns the destination port of the last connection.

This table provides how to use the methods provided by HttpClientError.

Method summary
getCode (void)
Returns the numerical value of the error message.
getMessage (void)
Returns the text of the error message.

This table provides how to use the methods provided by HttpClientException.

Method summary
getCode (void)
Returns the numerical value of the error message.
getMessage (void)
Returns the text of the error message.

This table provides the description of the error codes.

Code Description
-2 An error occurs when creating an instance of the client.
-4 An error occurs when setting an option.
-8 It has been requested unsupported method.
-16 An error occurs when execute the request.

Hook

Before the HttpClient returns the response to you, you can use this hook to process it:

Add in your ext_localconf.php:

$GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['SC_OPTIONS']['ext/restclient/Classes/HttpClient.php']['responsePreProcess'][] = '\Namespace\Foo';

In your extkey/Classes/Foo.php:

namespace \Namespace;

class Foo {

  public function responsePreProcess(&$response, $pObj) {
    //process $response
  }

}