API Sample Program (PHP)

Overview

We have prepared a PHP sample program to illustrate how to use our open API.
Use this sample in a PHP operable environment and obtain and enter the proper authentication info to run an operational check of the API.

Sample Program (PHP)

<?php 
/**
	* T&D sample program for using open API
	*
	* API User’s Guide http://www.webstorage-service.com/docs/api/ 
	* 
	*/


// Use device/current to retrieve a list of current readings 
$url = "https://api.webstorage-service.com/v1/devices/current";

//HTTP header field to be set: Please use according to API specifications.
$headerdata = array(
	'Content-Type: application/json', 
	'X-Http-Method-Override: GET'
);

//create a temporary array using the data sent via POST :For details about the sent data, see the API Specifications.
//*Note that the created array will be changed to JSON format by using PHP standard functions to generate a JSON-formatted character array. 

$param = array(
	"api-key" => "apikeyapikeyapikeyapikeyapikeyapikey"  // Enter the appropriate API Key.
	,"login-id" => "your-login-id"  // Enter User ID
	,"login-pass" => "your-login-password" // Enter the correct password for the entered User ID.
	//parameters can be added as necessary

);

//the outgoing data will be changed from the array to JSON format.
$postdata = json_encode($param);


//HTTP POST send processing using curl
$ch = curl_init($url);
$options = array (
	CURLOPT_POST => true //send using HTTP "POST"
	,CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true //stringize the curl_exec return value
	,CURLOPT_HEADER => true //output the header contents:necessary if checking the HTTP status code & rate limit
	,CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => $headerdata //array for HTTP header field to be set  
	,CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => $postdata //data to be sent using HTTP "POST"
);
curl_setopt_array($ch, $options);  

//receive results, close communication with curl
$response = curl_exec($ch); //store results as character string  
$response_info = curl_getinfo($ch); //store info related to results  
$response_code = $response_info['http_code']; //HTTP status code for communication result  
$response_header_size = $response_info['header_size']; //header size for communication result  
curl_close($ch); //close communication 

//confirm the details of the header info because within the response header info is also included rate limit info,   
$response_header = substr($response, 0, $response_header_size);  // clip the header  
$response_body = substr($response, $response_header_size);  //clip the body  

//check the header 
$array_header = decodeHeader($response_header);  //disassemble the header  
//X-Ratelimit-Limit 
if ( isset($array_header["X-RateLimit-Limit"]) ) { 
	$ratelimit["Limit"] = $array_header["X-RateLimit-Limit"]; 
}else{ 
	$ratelimit["Limit"] = "unknown"; 
} 
//X-Ratelimit-Reset 
if ( isset($array_header["X-RateLimit-Reset"]) ) { 
	$ratelimit["Reset"] = $array_header["X-RateLimit-Reset"]; 
}else{ 
	$ratelimit["Reset"] = "unknown"; 
} 
//X-Ratelimit-Remaining 
if ( isset($array_header["X-RateLimit-Remaining"]) ) { 
	$ratelimit["Remaining"] = $array_header["X-RateLimit-Remaining"]; 
}else{ 
	$ratelimit["Remaining"] = "unknown"; } 
//X-Ratelimit-Remaining-DataCount 
if ( isset($array_header["X-RateLimit-Remaining-DataCount"]) ) { 
	$ratelimit["DataCount"] = $array_header["X-RateLimit-Remaining-DataCount"]; 
}else{ 
	$ratelimit["DataCount"] = ""; }  

//display processing results 
if ( $response_code == 200 ) { 
	//communication successful  
	print "[Result] success.\n"; 
}else{ 
	print "[Result] failed [$response_code].\n"; 
} 

if ( $ratelimit["DataCount"]=="" )  {
    //if no limit on number of data readings 
    print "[X-RateLimit-Limit] ".$ratelimit["Limit"]."\n";
    print "[X-RateLimit-Reset] ".$ratelimit["Reset"]."\n";
    print "[X-RateLimit-Remaining] ".$ratelimit["Remaining"]."\n";
}else{  
    //if there is a limit on the number of data readings  
    print "[X-RateLimit-Limit] ".$ratelimit["Limit"]."\n";
    print "[X-RateLimit-Reset] ".$ratelimit["Reset"]."\n";
    print "[X-RateLimit-Remaining] ".$ratelimit["Remaining"]."\n";
    print "[X-RateLimit-Remaining-DataCount] ".$ratelimit["DataCount"]."\n";
}

//process the JSON data in body  
print "[ResponseData]\n".trim($response_body); 

exit(); 

/**  
	*disassemble the header line by line, divide with a colon and store in an array 
	* 
	* @param string $header 
	* @return array 
	*/ 
function decodeHeader($header){  
	//process in one line units, and treat ":" as a delimiter  
	$result = array(); 
	foreach (explode("\n", $header) as $i=>$line) { 
		$temp = explode(":",$line); 
		$temp = array_map('trim',$temp);  //trim each element  
		if ( isset($temp[0]) and isset($temp[1]) ){  
			// process only the data separated by ":" 
			$result[$temp[0]] = $temp[1];
		} 
	}
	return $result; 
}

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