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# Httpful
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[Httpful](http://phphttpclient.com) is a simple Http Client library for PHP 5.3+. There is an emphasis of readability, simplicity, and flexibility – basically provide the features and flexibility to get the job done and make those features really easy to use.
Features
- Readable HTTP Method Support (GET, PUT, POST, DELETE, HEAD, PATCH and OPTIONS)
- Custom Headers
- Automatic "Smart" Parsing
- Automatic Payload Serialization
- Basic Auth
- Client Side Certificate Auth
- Request "Templates"
# Sneak Peak
Here's something to whet your appetite. Search the twitter API for tweets containing "#PHP". Include a trivial header for the heck of it. Notice that the library automatically interprets the response as JSON (can override this if desired) and parses it as an array of objects.
$url = "http://search.twitter.com/search.json?q=" . urlencode('#PHP');
$response = Request::get($url)
->withXTrivialHeader('Just as a demo')
->send();
foreach ($response->body->results as $tweet) {
echo "@{$tweet->from_user} tweets \"{$tweet->text}\"\n";
}
# Installation
## Phar
A [PHP Archive](http://php.net/manual/en/book.phar.php) (or .phar) file is available for [downloading](https://github.com/nategood/httpful/downloads). Simply [download](https://github.com/nategood/httpful/downloads) the .phar, drop it into your project, and include it like you would any other php file. _This method is ideal smaller projects, one off scripts, and quick API hacking_.
<?php
include('httpful.phar');
$r = \Httpful\Request::get($uri)->sendIt();
...
## Composer
Httpful is PSR-0 compliant and can be installed using [composer](http://getcomposer.org/). Simply add `nategood/httpful` to your composer.json file. _Composer is the sane alternative to PEAR. It is excellent for managing dependancies in larger projects_.
{
"require": {
"nategood/httpful": "*"
}
}
## Install from Source
Because Httpful is PSR-0 compliant, you can also just clone the Httpful repository and use a PSR-0 compatible autoloader to load the library, like [Symfony's](http://symfony.com/doc/current/components/class_loader.html). Alternatively you can use the PSR-0 compliant autoloader included with the Httpful (simply `require("bootstrap.php")`).
# Show Me More!
You can checkout the [Httpful Landing Page](http://phphttpclient.com) for more info including many examples and [documentation](http:://phphttpclient.com/docs).
# Contributing
Httpful highly encourages sending in pull requests. When submitting a pull request please:
- All pull requests should target the `dev` branch (not `master`)
- Make sure your code follows the [coding conventions](http://pear.php.net/manual/en/standards.php)
- Please use soft tabs (four spaces) instead of hard tabs
- Make sure you add appropriate test coverage for your changes
- Run all unit tests in the test directory via `phpunit ./tests`
- Include commenting where appropriate and add a descriptive pull request message
# Changelog
## 0.2.3
- FIX Overriding default Mime Handlers
- FIX [PR #73](https://github.com/nategood/httpful/pull/73) Parsing http status codes
## 0.2.2
- FEATURE Add support for parsing JSON responses as associative arrays instead of objects
- FEATURE Better support for setting constructor arguments on Mime Handlers
## 0.2.1
- FEATURE [PR #72](https://github.com/nategood/httpful/pull/72) Allow support for custom Accept header
## 0.2.0
- REFACTOR [PR #49](https://github.com/nategood/httpful/pull/49) Broke headers out into their own class
- REFACTOR [PR #54](https://github.com/nategood/httpful/pull/54) Added more specific Exceptions
- FIX [PR #58](https://github.com/nategood/httpful/pull/58) Fixes throwing an error on an empty xml response
- FEATURE [PR #57](https://github.com/nategood/httpful/pull/57) Adds support for digest authentication
## 0.1.6
- Ability to set the number of max redirects via overloading `followRedirects(int max_redirects)`
- Standards Compliant fix to `Accepts` header
- Bug fix for bootstrap process when installed via Composer
## 0.1.5
- Use `DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR` constant [PR #33](https://github.com/nategood/httpful/pull/32)
- [PR #35](https://github.com/nategood/httpful/pull/35)
- Added the raw\_headers property reference to response.
- Compose request header and added raw\_header to Request object.
- Fixed response has errors and added more comments for clarity.
- Fixed header parsing to allow the minimum (status line only) and also cater for the actual CRLF ended headers as per RFC2616.
- Added the perfect test Accept: header for all Acceptable scenarios see @b78e9e82cd9614fbe137c01bde9439c4e16ca323 for details.
- Added default User-Agent header
- `User-Agent: Httpful/0.1.5` + curl version + server software + PHP version
- To bypass this "default" operation simply add a User-Agent to the request headers even a blank User-Agent is sufficient and more than simple enough to produce me thinks.
- Completed test units for additions.
- Added phpunit coverage reporting and helped phpunit auto locate the tests a bit easier.
## 0.1.4
- Add support for CSV Handling [PR #32](https://github.com/nategood/httpful/pull/32)
## 0.1.3
- Handle empty responses in JsonParser and XmlParser
## 0.1.2
- Added support for setting XMLHandler configuration options
- Added examples for overriding XmlHandler and registering a custom parser
- Removed the httpful.php download (deprecated in favor of httpful.phar)
## 0.1.1
- Bug fix serialization default case and phpunit tests
## 0.1.0
- Added Support for Registering Mime Handlers
- Created AbstractMimeHandler type that all Mime Handlers must extend
- Pulled out the parsing/serializing logic from the Request/Response classes into their own MimeHandler classes
- Added ability to register new mime handlers for mime types
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