Codeigniter / MVC way of calling a rest api

Question

We have a web app (let's call it widget app) that contains data I need to integrate with a new Codeigniter app that I’m building.

I have a controller called objects and lets say it will have a method called getallobjects. This method actually has to return data from the widget application.

There is an “API” of sorts for the widget app, but the way that I call it in a RESTful way by getting a URL like:

   http://myserver/widget/abc.php?method=getsomething

This returns a bunch of json encoded data.

How would I use this type of an API in my MVC CI app?

So far, this is what my controller looks like:

 class Objects extends CI_Controller {
     public function __construct()
     {
         parent::__construct();
         $this->load->helper('url');
     }

     public function getallobjects()
     {
         $data['objectlist'] = ????/* This is where I need to call the rest api and get json data. */

         $data['main_content']='objects';
         $this->load->view('includes/template', $data);
     }
  }

dm03514 · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-09 14:53:22Z

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you can call file_get_contents($your_url)

http://php.net/manual/en/function.file-get-contents.php

to fetch the response.

Additionally you can use php curl wrapper for finer control over your request. http://php.net/manual/en/book.curl.php

answered Aug 9, 2012 at 14:53

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Chandrika Prasad Shah · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-15 06:40:22Z

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$your_url = "http://myserver/widget/abc.php?method=getsomething"; //put your url here
$data['objectlist'] = file_get_contents($your_url);

edited Apr 15, 2017 at 6:40

answered Apr 15, 2017 at 5:52

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VDWWD Over a year ago

Although this may answer the question, some comments and/or explanation would be nice. That will help other users as well.

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