Hi everyone, is there any way to make an http request to external API from ZED??

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Hi everyone, is there any way to make an http request to external API from ZED??

Alberto Reyer

Sure, you could use Guzzle for example (this is most probably already installed as a dependency in your project, as Client to Zed request also use Guzzle behind the scenes, that’s way I would reuse it):

$client = new GuzzleHttp\Client([
    'base_uri' => '<external_host>',
]);
$response = $client->request('<METHOD>', '<endpoint>');

if ($response->getStatusCode() === 200) {
    $content = (string)$response->getBody();
    //use the content for what every you want
}

The example above should be split, as the creation of the client should happen in the related Factory and be passed into a service which does the response parsing and act on the response result.

I hope this answers your question.

Alberto Reyer

(Offtopic: I like your last name 🕸)

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Yes, you could use curl, guzzle or whatever you like.
A few weeks ago, we were having a discussion about when to use a client for external requests and when to do it from Zed directly: https://sprykercommunity.slack.com/archives/CKJRJM5FG/p1626076105439500

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Thanks for the help