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Oct 16, 2021
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Laravel & External API
I am trying to use an API token to pull data from an outside crm.
Is there a tutorial on how I can set up laravel for this?
In a nutshell, I am trying to pull an ecommerce admin backend and use it on my laravel front end. I need to pull product data and all.
Example API from outside crm:
{
"meta": {
"total_count": 0
},
"included": [
{}
],
"data": [
{
"id": "string",
"type": "string",
"attributes": {
"manufacturer": "string",
"model": "string",
"year": "string",
"slug": "string",
"location": "string",
"serial_number": "string",
"stock_number": "string",
"condition": "string",
"price": "string",
"listing_type": "string",
"private_notes": "string",
"rank": "string",
"extra_data": "string",
"created_at": "2021-10-16T10:38:22.016Z",
"updated_at": "2021-10-16T10:38:22.016Z",
"sold_at": "2021-10-16T10:38:22.016Z",
"deleted_at": "2021-10-16T10:38:22.016Z"
},
"relationships": {
"primary_image": {
"data": {
"id": "string",
"type": "string"
}
},
"images": {
"data": [
{
"id": "string",
"type": "string"
}
]
},
"videos": {
"data": [
{
"id": "string",
"type": "string"
}
]
},
"specifications": {
"data": [
{
"id": "string",
"type": "string"
}
]
},
"private_fields": {
"data": [
{
"id": "string",
"type": "string"
}
]
},
"translations": {
"data": [
{
"id": "string",
"type": "string"
}
]
},
"attachments": {
"data": [
{
"id": "string",
"type": "string"
}
]
}
}
}
]
}
Level 104
Is there an SDK for the service; it could save you a tonne of work?
Otherwise, you can simply use the HTTP client that comes with Laravel, to fetch the data.
If you want to go even further, you can wrap the HTTP Client with your own Client class with your own specific methods for retrieving specific data; and create domain-specific classes for to represent the data. Essentially, making your own package/SDK for interacting with the API data.
Which approach is correct for you depends on what you want or need to do.
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Level 50
@webbieworks if there is no ready SDK for it then as @tykus said this is super nice Laravel way to deal with external API: https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/http-client
@tykus wrappng with your own Client is really good idea!
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Level 75
To add, most api's have documentation and examples. Double check that they don't have such a page.
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