octodex.php

A PHP wrapper for the Octodex API.

##Use Use this wrapper like any other PHP class:

// include the PHP Octodex class
include('octodex.php');

// initialize the class and store it in $octodex
$octodex = new Octodex();

// fetch all octocats and print the returned array
print_r($octodex->completeOctodex());

For complete annotation, see the actual class file (octodex.php) as well as the demo implementation.

##Class Methods Assuming $octodex = new Octodex();. Check the response example below, to see what these functions wil serve you.

###Complete Octodex $octodex->completeOctodex()

Returns an array containing every octocat from the Octodex.

###Random Octocat $octodex->randomOctocat()

Returns an array containing a random octocat from the Octodex.

###Octocat by Number $octodex->numberedOctocat($number)

Where $number is a number between 1 and the number of the last Octocat (as of 1/12/14 this - 113), and returns that numbered Octocat from the Octodex.

The API checks if the number exists in the Octodex, so you don't have to check if it does.

##Example Response

Array
(
    [name] => Original
    [page] => http://octodex.github.com/original
    [image] => http://octodex.github.com/images/original.png
    [author] => http://octodex.github.com/original
    [number] => 1
    [authorURL] => http://www.idokungfoo.com
    [authorAvatar] => https://img.skitch.com/20110427-p3wtwcbu957cf9mm93s4sjqqci.png
)

###Keys

• name - the name of the octocat
• page - the webpage of the octocat
• image - the raw image URL of the octocat
• author - the creator of the octocat
• number - the number of the octocat in the series
• authorURL - the URL of the author (GitHub/Website)
• authorAvatar - the avatar of the author

##To Do

• Check for errors given by the API and handle them

##Use of Octocats Check out the GitHub Octodex frequently asked questions (http://octodex.github.com/faq), for specific use. GitHub owns all of the Octocats, this PHP class just uses an API that grabs all of their data.