ComicVine API

Author: Grzegorz Gajda grz.gajda@outlook.com

Update v1.1.1

Arguments for filters etc. didn't work when string has space character. With version 1.1.1, it is fixed. Also 98% of code has coverage (directory tests).

Update v1.1.0

If you don't want to use CURLConnection class, I added built-in integration with guzzlehttp/guzzle package. Since version 1.1.0, default provider for HTTP connection is GuzzleConnection class.

Basic usage

First, we need to create instance of RegisterKey object to verify our key. We can use ComicVine static class to make that object.

$apiKey = ComicVine::makeApiKey('YOUR_KEY');

Next, we need register key and connection to ComicVine class. By default, method register use built-in CURLConnection class to make connections. Then, you haven't to write second argument.

ComicVine::register($instanceOfRegisterKey, $instanceOfConnection = null)

After registering, we can creating query to ComicVine API. But by default, response will be in XML format. We can change response format by creating instance of ResponseFormat class.

$responseFormat = ComicVine::createFormat('json');

and then using query (we want to find url to Batman):

$response = ComicVine::getCharacters()
    ->setFormat($responseFormat)
    ->setFilters(['name' => 'Batman']
    ->setLimit(1)
    ->setFieldList(['api_detail_url'])
    ->getResponse();

Now, variable $response keep our JSON response from ComicVine API.

Requests

List of implemented resources:

URL	method	implemented?
/character	none	false
/characters	getCharacters	true
/chat	none	false
/chats	getChats	true
/concept	none	false
/concepts	getConcepts	true
/episode	none	false
/episodes	getEpisodes	true
/issue	none	false
/issues	getIssues	true
/location	none	false
/locations	getLocations	true
/movie	none	false
/movies	getMovies	true
/object	none	false
/objects	getObjects	true
/origin	none	false
/origins	getOrigins	true
/person	none	false
/people	getPeople	true
/power	none	false
/powers	getPowers	true
/promo	none	false
/promos	getPromos	true
/publisher	none	false
/publishers	getPublishers	true
/series	none	false
/series_list	getSeriesList	true
/search	getSearch	false
/story_arc	none	false
/story_arcs	getStoryArcs	true
/team	none	false
/teams	getTeams	true
/video	none	false
/videos	getVideos	false
/video_type	none	false
/video_types	getVideoTypes	true
/volume	none	false
/volumes	getVolumes	true

Calling each one of get method creating a new instance of ControllerQuery class. ControllerQuery class allows us to:

/*
 * Argument for setFieldList is array containing
 * only names of fields which we want.
 */
$response->setFieldList(['api_detail_url', 'aliases'])
/*
 * Set filters to find resource you want. It needs key => value
 * schema and allows for many filters.
 */
    ->setFilters(['name' => 'Batman', 'aliases' => 'Fatherless'])
/*
 * Allows to sort response. Key is name of field, value is asc or desc
 * only.
 */
    ->setSort(['date_added' => 'asc'])
/*
 * Set how much elements do you want to get. Maximum limit is 100
 * (API restrictions).
 */
    ->setLimit(100)
/*
 * From which position we would want to start getting elements.
 */
    ->setOffset(50)
/*
 * After setting request query (set methods), times to get
 * response. Get response return XML object or JSON string.
 */
    ->getResponse() 

Extending

Looking on current state of package, you can write your own Connection class (must implement interface Connection) and ResponseFormat (must implement interface ResponseFormat). We can use new Connection class in ComicVine::register() method and new ResponseFormat class in setFormat method.

License

The package is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license