nickbeen / rick-and-morty-api-php
The Rick And Morty API PHP Client
Requires
- php: ^8.1
- ext-json: *
- guzzlehttp/guzzle: ^7.4
- netresearch/jsonmapper: ^4.0
Requires (Dev)
- phpunit/phpunit: ^10.1
README
An API wrapper written in PHP for the Rick and Morty API at https://rickandmortyapi.com.
Get all the information about characters, episodes and locations of Rick and Morty with this PHP client without messing around with Curl calls and JSON responses. This library does not return the same JSON provided by the API, but wraps everything in convenient PHP class objects. The Rick and Morty API is made by Axel Fuhrmann.
Requirements
- PHP >= 8.1
Installation
Install the library into your project with Composer.
composer require nickbeen/rick-and-morty-php-api --no-dev
Usage
Initiate a Character
, Episode
or Location
model and use the available tools to list, retrieve or search within that model. The library returns a NotFoundException
when using invalid arguments, retrieving nonexistent models or if the Rick and Morty API is not available. Implement a try block to handle the exception in your application in the best possible way.
Collections
Requests for all characters, episodes and locations as well as queries with search parameters will return a Collection
object containing an array with results.
Collection object
Info object
Usage
For instructions for the usage of collections, check the sections Characters, Episodes and Locations for more details and examples.
Api
This library contains a useful method to return all the endpoints of the Rick and Morty API in an Api
object.
Api object
Usage
Retrieve an Api
object containing the endpoints for retrieving characters, episodes and locations.
$api = new Api(); $api->get(); echo $api->characters; echo $api->episodes; echo $api->locations;
Characters
Retrieve any character from Rick and Morty, browse through all the characters or use search parameters to find a specific character.
Character object
Origin object
Location object
List characters
Retrieve a Collection
object with next 20 characters from the first page.
$characters = new Character(); $characters->get(); foreach ($characters->results as $character) { echo $character->name; }
Retrieve a Collection
object with next 20 characters from the second page.
$characters = new Character(); $characters->page(2) ->get(); foreach ($characters->results as $character) { echo $character->name; }
Get character
Retrieve a Character
object with id 1.
$character = new Character(); $character->get(1); echo $character->name;
Get multiple characters
Retrieve an array containing Character
objects with id 1 and 2.
$characters = new Character(); $characters->get(1,2); foreach ($characters as $character) { echo $character->name; }
Search characters
It is possible to search for characters based on search parameters such as species and name. For gender and status you can use a Gender enum object and Status enum object for auto-completion in an IDE.
Gender object
Status object
Retrieve a Collection
with all alive male Ricks.
$characters = new Character(); $characters->withGender(Gender::Male) ->withName('Rick') ->withStatus(Status::Alive) ->get(); foreach ($characters->results as $character) { echo $character->name; }
Episodes
Retrieve any episode from Rick and Morty, browse through all the episodes or use search parameters to find a specific episode.
Episode object
List episodes
Retrieve a Collection
object with first 20 episodes from the first page.
$episodes = new Episode(); $episodes->get(); foreach ($episodes->results as $episode) { echo $episode->name; }
Retrieve a Collection
object with next 20 episodes from the second page.
$episode = new Episode(); $episode->page(2) ->get(); foreach ($episodes->results as $episode) { echo $episode->name; }
Get episode
Retrieve an Episode
object with id 1.
$episode = new Episode(); $episode->get(1); echo $episode->name;
Get multiple episodes
Retrieve an array containing Episode
objects with id 1 and 2.
$episodes = new Episode(); $episodes->get(1,2); foreach ($episodes as $episode) { echo $episode->name; }
Search episodes
It is possible to search for episodes based on search parameters such as episode code (e.g. S01E01) and name.
Retrieve a Collection
object with all episodes from season 1.
$episodes = new Episode(); $episodes->withEpisode('S01') ->get(); foreach ($episodes->results as $episode) { echo $episode->name; }
Locations
Retrieve any location from Rick and Morty, browse through all the featured locations or use search parameters to find a specific location.
Location object
List locations
Retrieve a Collection
object with first 20 locations from the first page.
$locations = new Location(); $locations->get(); foreach ($locations->results as $location) { echo $location->name; }
Retrieve a Collection
object with next 20 locations from the second page.
$locations = new Location(); $locations->page(2) ->get(); foreach ($locations->results as $location) { echo $location->name; }
Get location
Retrieve a Location
object with id 1.
$location = new Location(); $location->get(1); echo $location->name;
Get multiple locations
Retrieve an array containing Location
objects with id 1 and 2.
$locations = new Location(); $locations->get(1,2); foreach ($locations as $location) { echo $location->name; }
Search locations
It is possible to search for locations based on search parameters such as dimension and name.
Retrieve a Collection
object with all locations within dimension C-137.
$location = new Location(); $location->withDimension('Dimension C-137') ->get(); foreach ($locations->results as $location) { echo $location->name; }
FAQ
What are the limits of the API?
The API is open and requires no authentication. According to the R implementation Mortyr, the API allows 10.000 requests per IP address per day after which any request will result in a 429 (Too Many Requests) response.
Can I get more than 20 results per page in a Collection?
The API returns 20 results per page by design and this cannot be adjusted. It is however possible to return more than 20 results by manually inserting more than 20 ids in the get()
method.
How about extra filters?
Not possible, this library already offers all the available filters currently provided by the API.
Why is the code of the episode called episode
in the Episode model?
It looks like an oopsie from the creator of the Rick And Morty API. There is an unresolved pull request to rename the field to code
.
License
This library is licensed under the MIT License (MIT). See the LICENSE for more details.