newsapi: A PHP repository from gfargo

🗞 PHP wrapper for NewsAPI.org

Getting Started

Implementing the NewsAPI within your PHP application has never been smoother. The principle behind its design is simplicity without forfeiting power or flexibility.

Installation

Add it to your project via Composer.

composer require gfargo/newsapi

Dependencies

This wrapper utilizes the Requests library from Ryan McCue.

Official website & documentation can be found here.

Configuration

Once included in your project, setup should be very straightforward. Only requirement is a valid API key provided by NewsAPI.org.

Usage

Step 1. Set Access Token

\NewsAPI\Client::setAccessToken('276537c6a3824cdd9eae393c024ff732');

Step 2. Setup Query

Making requests to the API is done via query method, which accepts three parameters. Below are a few examples.

Query parameters:

(string) $endpoint Target endpoint. Options are top, everything, and sources.
(array) $query_params Query parameters passed to NewsAPI.org
(array) $request_options Options passed to Requests library to control CURL.

Examples:

// All articles featuring the keyword 'Open Source'
$request = NewsAPI\Client::query( 'everything', [ 'q' => 'Open Source' ] );

// Top headlines for articles featuring the keyword 'Technology'
$request = NewsAPI\Client::query( 'top', [ 'q' => 'Technology' ] );

// Top articles from 'Business' category
$request = NewsAPI\Client::query( 'top', [ 'category' => 'business' ] );

Step 3. Handling Responses

Each query returns a Request_Response object, more on this here.

In short the Requests library makes dealing with the API responses much easier.

$request = NewsAPI\Client::query( 'top', [ 'category' => 'business' ] );

$request->status_code             // int(200)
$request->headers['content-type'] // string(31) "application/json; charset=utf-8"
$request->url                     // string(54) "https://newsapi.org/v2/top-headlines?category=business"
$request->body                    // string(14385) "{...}"

Change log

Automated release notes can be found here →