lobostome/furry-bear

A PHP wrapper for various open data

0.7.2 2017-01-03 00:43 UTC

Requires

• php: >=5.3.0

Suggests

• guzzle/guzzle: Adds support for the Guzzle HTTP client
• kriswallsmith/buzz: Adds support for the Buzz HTTP client

MIT

• lobostome

• open data
• Sunlight Congress API
• Sunlight Capitol Words API
• Sunlight Open States API

README

A PHP wrapper for the Sunlight Foundation APIs

Quick Start

Specify the http adapter, the API provider, and the output format.

$adapter = new FurryBear\Http\Adapter\Curl();
$provider = new FurryBear\Provider\Source\SunlightCongress($adapter, $apiKey);
$output = new FurryBear\Output\Strategy\JsonToArray();

$fb = new FurryBear\FurryBear();
$fb->registerProvider($provider)->registerOutput($output);

var_dump(
    $fb->bills_search->fields('official_title', 'chamber', 'introduced_on', 'search')
                     ->search('"health care" medicine')
                     ->filter('history.enacted', true)
                     ->order('introduced_on')
                     ->get()
);

Documentation

For detailed documentation and examples, visit the Wiki.

Roadmap

0.9.0

• Add Sunlight Influence Explorer API

0.8.0

• Major overhaul of existing code base
• Add event management
• HTTP clients direct access
• Process multiple requests in parallel
• 100% unit testing

Changelog

0.7.1

• Switch to the Congress API's HTTPS endpoint

0.7.0

• Add Dependency Injection Container

0.6.0

• Add Sunlight Political Party Time API

0.5.2

• Add Congress API districts locate helpers

0.5.1

• Alias Open States API resources
• Add Geocode Chain Provider

0.5.0

• Add Sunlight Open States API

0.4.0

• Add Sunlight Capitol Words API