reflect / client

3.0.7 2024-04-06 14:55 UTC

GPL-2.0-only

• Victor Westerlund

Published on Packagist.org on 2026-08-02 06:51 UTC

README

Make requests from a PHP application to an API built with the Reflect API framework.

Installation

1. Install with composer

   composer require reflect/client
   

2. use in your PHP code

   use Reflect\Client;
   

$client = new Client(string $api_base_url, ?string $api_key, ?bool $verify_peer = true);

## Making API calls

Start by initializing the `Client` with a base URL to the API, and with an optional API key.

use Reflect\Client; use Reflect\Method;

$client = new Client("https://api.example.com", "MyApiKey");

### Defining an endpoint

Start a new API call by chaining the `call()` method and passing it an endpoint string

Client->call(string $endpoint): self

Example:

$client->call("my/endpoint");

### (Optional) Search Parameters

Pass an associative array of keys and values to `params()`, and chain it anywhere before a `get()`, `patch()`, `put()`, `post()`, or `delete()` request to set search (`$_GET`) parameters for the current request.

Client->params(?array $params = null): self

Example:

// https://api.example.com/my/endpoint?key1=value1&key2=value2 $client->call("my/endpoint") ->params([

"key1" => "value1",
"key2" => "value2"

]);

### `GET` Request

Make a `GET` request by chaining `get()` at the end of a method chain. This method will return a `Reflect\Response` object.

Client->get(): Reflect\Response;

Example:

$client->call("my/endpoint")->params(["foo" => "bar"])->get();

### `POST` Request

Make a `POST` request by chaining `post()` at the end of a method chain. This method will return a `Reflect\Response` object.

Pass `post()` a stringifiable associative array of key, value pairs to be sent as an `application/json`-encoded request body to the endpoint.

Client->post(array $payload): Reflect\Response;

Example:

$client->call("my/endpoint")->params(["foo" => "bar"])->post(["baz" => "qux"]);

### `PATCH` Request

Make a `PATCH` request by chaining `patch()` at the end of a method chain. This method will return a `Reflect\Response` object.

Pass `patch()` a stringifiable associative array of key, value pairs to be sent as an `application/json`-encoded request body to the endpoint.

Client->patch(array $payload): Reflect\Response;

Example:

$client->call("my/endpoint")->params(["foo" => "bar"])->patch(["baz" => "qux"]);

### `PUT` Request

Make a `PUT` request by chaining `put()` at the end of a method chain. This method will return a `Reflect\Response` object.

Pass `put()` a stringifiable associative array of key, value pairs to be sent as an `application/json`-encoded request body to the endpoint.

Client->put(array $payload): Reflect\Response;

Example:

$client->call("my/endpoint")->params(["foo" => "bar"])->put(["baz" => "qux"]);

### `DELETE` Request

Make a `DELETE` request by chaining `delete()` at the end of a method chain. This method will return a `Reflect\Response` object.

Pass `delete()` an optional stringifiable associative array of key, value pairs to be sent as an `application/json`-encoded request body to the endpoint.

Client->delete(?array $payload = null): Reflect\Response;

Example:

$client->call("my/endpoint")->params(["foo" => "bar"])->delete();

### `OPTIONS` Request

Make an `OPTIONS` request by chaining `options()` at the end of a method chain. This method will return a `Reflect\Response` object.

Use this method to query Reflect for available request methods.

Client->options(): Reflect\Response;

Example:

$client->call("my/endpoint"))->options();