Guzzle Commands

This library provides an event-based abstraction over Guzzle HTTP requests and responses using commands and models. Events are emitted for preparing commands, processing commands, and handling errors encountered while executing a command.

Commands

Key value pair objects representing an action to take on a web service. Commands have a name and a set of parameters.

Models

Models are key value pair objects representing the result of an API operation.

Installing

This project can be installed using Composer. Add the following to your composer.json:

{
    "require": {
        "guzzlehttp/command": "0.3.0"
    }
}

Service Clients

Guzzle Service Clients are HTTP web service clients that use GuzzleHttp\Client objects, commands, and the command event system. Event listeners are attached to the client to handle creating HTTP requests for a command, processing HTTP responses into a result (typically a GuzzleHttp\Command\ModelInterface), and wraps GuzzleHttp\Exception\RequestException objects using a higher-level GuzzleHttp\Command\Exception\CommandException.

Service clients create commands using the getCommand() method.

$commandName = 'foo';
$arguments = ['baz' => 'bar'];
$command = $client->getCommand($commandName, $arguments);

After creating a command, you execute the command using the execute() method.

$result = $client->execute($command);

The result of executing a command can be anything. However, implementations should clearly specify what the result of a command will be. A good result to return for executing commands is an object that implements GuzzleHttp\Command\ModelInterface.

Service clients have a magic method for calling commands by name without having to create the command then execute it.

$result = $client->foo(['baz' => 'bar']);

Service clients have configuration options that can be accessed in event listeners.

$value = $client->getConfig('name');

// You can also use a path notation where sub-array keys are separated
// using a "/".
$value = $client->getConfig('foo/baz/bar');

Values can be set using a similar notation.

$client->setConfig('name', 'value');
// Set by nested path, creating sub-arrays as needed
$value = $client->setConfig('foo/baz/bar', 'value');

Event System

Commands emit three events:

prepare

Emitted before executing a command. One of the event listeners MUST inject a GuzzleHttp\Message\RequestInterface object onto the emitted GuzzleHttp\Command\Event\PrepareEvent object.

An event listener MAY inject a result onto the event using setResult(). Injecting a result MUST prevent the command from sending a request, and MUST trigger the "process" event so that subsequent listeners can modify the result of a command as needed.

use GuzzleHttp\Command\Event\PrepareEvent;

$command->getEmitter()->on('prepare', function(PrepareEvent $event) {
    // Set a request on the command
    $request = $event->getClient()->createRequest(
        'GET',
        'http://httpbin.org/get'
    );
    $event->setRequest($request);
});

process

Emitted after a HTTP response has been received for the command OR when a result is injected into an emitted "prepare" or "error" event. Event listeners MAY modify the result of the command using the setResult() method of the GuzzleHttp\Command\Event\ProcessEvent. Because this event is also emitted when a result is injected onto a PrepareEvent and CommandErrorEvent, there may not be a request or response available to the event.

use GuzzleHttp\Command\Event\ProcessEvent;
use GuzzleHttp\Command\Model;

$command->getEmitter()->on('process', function(ProcessEvent $event) {
    // Parse the response into something (e.g., a Model object).
    $model = new Model([
        'code' => $event->getResponse()->getStatusCode()
    ]);
    // Set the custom result on the event
    $event->setResult($model);
});

error

Emitted when an error occurs after receiving an HTTP response. You MAY inject a result onto the GuzzleHttp\Command\Event\CommandErrorEvent, which will prevent an exception from being thrown. When a result is injected, the "process" event is triggered. When the CommandErrorEvent is not intercepted with a result, then a GuzzleHttp\Command\Exception\CommandException is thrown.

Event listeners can add custom metadata to the CommandErrorEvent by treating the event like an associative array. In addition to being able to store custom key/value pairs, you can iterate over the custom keys of the event using foreach().

$command->getEmitter()->on('error', function(CommandErrorEvent $e) {
    $e['custom'] = 'data';
    echo $e['custom']; // outputs "data"
    // You can iterate over the event like an array
    foreach ($event as $key => $value) {
        echo $key . ' = ' . $value . "\n";
    }
});

Implementations SHOULD use GuzzleHttp\Command\Event\CommandEvents to implement the event system correctly.