example-code

Code examples for the API.

For full example repositories, go here: https://github.com/Podcastindex-org-Examples

PHP

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//Required values  
$apiKey = "UXKCGDSYGUUEVQJSYDZH";  
$apiSecret = "yzJe2eE7XV-3eY576dyRZ6wXyAbndh6LUrCZ8KN|";  
$apiHeaderTime = time();  

//Hash them to get the Authorization token  
$hash = sha1($apiKey.$apiSecret.$apiHeaderTime);  

//Set the required headers  
$headers = [  
    "User-Agent: SuperPodcastPlayer/1.3",  
    "X-Auth-Key: $apiKey",  
    "X-Auth-Date: $apiHeaderTime",  
    "Authorization: $hash"  
];  

//Make the request to an API endpoint  
$ch = curl_init();  
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL,"https://api.podcastindex.org/api/1.0/search/byterm?q=bastiat");  
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);  
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);  

//Collect and show the results  
$response = curl_exec ($ch);  
curl_close ($ch);  
echo print_r(json_decode($response), TRUE);  

C#

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//Required values  
string apiKey = "UXKCGDSYGUUEVQJSYDZH";  
string apiSecret = "yzJe2eE7XV-3eY576dyRZ6wXyAbndh6LUrCZ8KN|";  
TimeSpan t = DateTime.UtcNow - new DateTime(1970, 1, 1);  
int apiHeaderTime = (int)t.TotalSeconds;  

//Hash them to get the Authorization token  
string hash = "";  
using (SHA1Managed sha1 = new SHA1Managed())  
{  
    var hashed = sha1.ComputeHash(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(apiKey + apiSecret + apiHeaderTime));  
    var sb = new StringBuilder(hashed.Length * 2);  

    foreach (byte b in hashed)  
    {  
        // can be "x2" if you want lowercase  
        sb.Append(b.ToString("x2"));  
    }  

    hash = sb.ToString();  
}  

//Create the web request and add the required headers  
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("https://api.podcastindex.org/api/1.0/search/byterm?q=bastiat");  
request.Headers.Add("User-Agent", "SuperPodcastPlayer/1.3");  
request.Headers.Add("X-Auth-Date", apiHeaderTime.ToString());  
request.Headers.Add("X-Auth-Key", apiKey);  
request.Headers.Add("Authorization", hash);  

//Send the request and collect/show the results  
try  
{  
    WebResponse webResponse2 = request.GetResponse();  
    Stream stream2 = webResponse2.GetResponseStream();  
    StreamReader reader2 = new StreamReader(stream2);  

    Console.WriteLine(reader2.ReadToEnd());  

    webResponse2.Close();  
}  
catch (Exception e)  
{  
    Console.WriteLine("Error.");  
}  

Swift

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import Foundation
import CommonCrypto

extension String {
    func sha1() -> String {
        let data = Data(self.utf8)
        var digest = [UInt8](repeating: 0, count:Int(CC_SHA1_DIGEST_LENGTH))
        data.withUnsafeBytes {
            _ = CC_SHA1($0.baseAddress, CC_LONG(data.count), &digest)
        }
        let hexBytes = digest.map { String(format: "%02hhx", $0) }
        return hexBytes.joined()
    }
}

let apiKey = "UXKCGDSYGUUEVQJSYDZH"
let apiSecret = "yzJe2eE7XV-3eY576dyRZ6wXyAbndh6LUrCZ8KN|"
let apiHeaderTime = String(Int(Date().timeIntervalSince1970))
let hash = (apiKey + apiSecret + apiHeaderTime).sha1()

var semaphore = DispatchSemaphore (value: 0)
var request = URLRequest(url: URL(string: "https://api.podcastindex.org/api/1.0/search/byterm?q=bastiat")!,timeoutInterval: Double.infinity)
request.addValue("SuperPodcastPlayer/1.3", forHTTPHeaderField: "User-Agent")
request.addValue(apiKey, forHTTPHeaderField: "X-Auth-Key")
request.addValue(apiHeaderTime, forHTTPHeaderField: "X-Auth-Date")
request.addValue(hash, forHTTPHeaderField: "Authorization")

request.httpMethod = "GET"

let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) { data, response, error in
    guard let data = data else {
        print(String(describing: error))
        return
    }
    print(String(data: data, encoding: .utf8)!)
    semaphore.signal()
}

task.resume()
semaphore.wait()

Node

Example uses node-fetch

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const fetch = require('node-fetch')
const crypto = require('crypto')


//Required values  
const APIKEY = 'UXKCGDSYGUUEVQJSYDZH'
const APISECRET = 'yzJe2eE7XV-3eY576dyRZ6wXyAbndh6LUrCZ8KN|'

const ts = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000)
const authString = APIKEY + APISECRET + ts.toString()
const authHeader = crypto.createHash('sha1').update(authString).digest('hex')

fetch('https://api.podcastindex.org/api/1.0/search/byterm?q=bastiat',
  {
    method: 'GET',
    headers: {
      "User-Agent" : "homemade pod-fetcher 0.026b",
      "X-Auth-Date" : ts,
      "X-Auth-Key"  : APIKEY,
      "Authorization" : authHeader
    },

  }
).then(
  res => {
    console.log(res.status, res.statusText)
    console.log(res.headers)
    console.log(res)
    return res.json()
  }
).then(
  data => {
    console.log('got data:')
    console.log(data)
  },
  err => {
    console.log('got error:')
    console.log(err)
  },
)