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Unirest in PHP: Simplified, lightweight HTTP client library.
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![][unirest-logo]



[Unirest](http://unirest.io) is a set of lightweight HTTP libraries available in multiple languages, built and maintained by [Mashape](https://github.com/Mashape), who also maintain the open-source API Gateway [Kong](https://github.com/Mashape/kong). 



## Features



* Utility methods to call `GET`, `HEAD`, `POST`, `PUT`, `DELETE`, `CONNECT`, `OPTIONS`, `TRACE`, `PATCH` requests

* Supports form parameters, file uploads and custom body entities

* Supports gzip

* Supports Basic, Digest, Negotiate, NTLM Authentication natively

* Customizable timeout

* Customizable default headers for every request (DRY)

* Automatic JSON parsing into a native object for JSON responses



## Requirements



- [cURL](http://php.net/manual/en/book.curl.php)

- PHP 5.4+



## Installation



### Using [Composer](https://getcomposer.org)



To install unirest-php with Composer, just add the following to your `composer.json` file:



```json

{

    "require-dev": {

        "mashape/unirest-php": "3.*"

    }

}

```



or by running the following command:



```shell

composer require mashape/unirest-php

```



This will get you the latest version of the reporter and install it. If you do want the master, untagged, version you may use the command below:



```shell

composer require mashape/php-test-reporter dev-master

```



Composer installs autoloader at `./vendor/autoloader.php`. to include the library in your script, add:



```php

require_once 'vendor/autoload.php';

```



If you use Symfony2, autoloader has to be detected automatically.



*You can see this library on [Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/mashape/unirest-php).*



### Install from source



Download the PHP library from Github, then include `Unirest.php` in your script:



```shell

git clone [email protected]:Mashape/unirest-php.git 

```



```php

require_once '/path/to/unirest-php/src/Unirest.php';

```



## Usage



### Creating a Request



So you're probably wondering how using Unirest makes creating requests in PHP easier, let's look at a working example:



```php

$headers = array('Accept' => 'application/json');

$query = array('foo' => 'hello', 'bar' => 'world');



$response = Unirest\Request::post('http://mockbin.com/request', $headers, $query);



$response->code;        // HTTP Status code

$response->headers;     // Headers

$response->body;        // Parsed body

$response->raw_body;    // Unparsed body

```



### JSON Requests *(`application/json`)*



A JSON Request can be constructed using the `Unirest\Request\Body::Json` helper:



```php

$headers = array('Accept' => 'application/json');

$data = array('name' => 'ahmad', 'company' => 'mashape');



$body = Unirest\Request\Body::json($data);



$response = Unirest\Request::post('http://mockbin.com/request', $headers, $body);

```



**Notes:**

- `Content-Type` headers will be automatically set to `application/json` 

- the data variable will be processed through [`json_encode`](http://php.net/manual/en/function.json-encode.php) with default values for arguments.

- an error will be thrown if the [JSON Extension](http://php.net/manual/en/book.json.php) is not available.



### Form Requests *(`application/x-www-form-urlencoded`)*



A typical Form Request can be constructed using the `Unirest\Request\Body::Form` helper:



```php

$headers = array('Accept' => 'application/json');

$data = array('name' => 'ahmad', 'company' => 'mashape');



$body = Unirest\Request\Body::form($data);



$response = Unirest\Request::post('http://mockbin.com/request', $headers, $body);

```



**Notes:** 

- `Content-Type` headers will be automatically set to `application/x-www-form-urlencoded`

- the final data array will be processed through [`http_build_query`](http://php.net/manual/en/function.http-build-query.php) with default values for arguments.



### Multipart Requests *(`multipart/form-data`)*



A Multipart Request can be constructed using the `Unirest\Request\Body::Multipart` helper:



```php

$headers = array('Accept' => 'application/json');

$data = array('name' => 'ahmad', 'company' => 'mashape');



$body = Unirest\Request\Body::multipart($data);



$response = Unirest\Request::post('http://mockbin.com/request', $headers, $body);

```



**Notes:** 



- `Content-Type` headers will be automatically set to `multipart/form-data`.

- an auto-generated `--boundary` will be set.



### Multipart File Upload



simply add an array of files as the second argument to to the `Multipart` helper:



```php

$headers = array('Accept' => 'application/json');

$data = array('name' => 'ahmad', 'company' => 'mashape');

$files = array('bio' => '/path/to/bio.txt', 'avatar' => '/path/to/avatar.jpg');



$body = Unirest\Request\Body::multipart($data, $files);



$response = Unirest\Request::post('http://mockbin.com/request', $headers, $body);

 ```



If you wish to further customize the properties of files uploaded you can do so with the `Unirest\Request\Body::File` helper:



```php

$headers = array('Accept' => 'application/json');

$body = array(

    'name' => 'ahmad', 

    'company' => 'mashape'

    'bio' => Unirest\Request\Body::file('/path/to/bio.txt', 'text/plain'),

    'avatar' => Unirest\Request\Body::file('/path/to/my_avatar.jpg', 'text/plain', 'avatar.jpg')

);



$response = Unirest\Request::post('http://mockbin.com/request', $headers, $body);

 ```



**Note**: we did not use the `Unirest\Request\Body::multipart` helper in this example, it is not needed when manually adding files.

 

### Custom Body



Sending a custom body such rather than using the `Unirest\Request\Body` helpers is also possible, for example, using a [`serialize`](http://php.net/manual/en/function.serialize.php) body string with a custom `Content-Type`:



```php

$headers = array('Accept' => 'application/json', 'Content-Type' => 'application/x-php-serialized');

$body = serialize((array('foo' => 'hello', 'bar' => 'world'));



$response = Unirest\Request::post('http://mockbin.com/request', $headers, $body);

```



### Authentication



First, if you are using [Mashape][mashape-url]:

```php

// Mashape auth

Unirest\Request::setMashapeKey('');

```



Otherwise, passing a username, password *(optional)*, defaults to Basic Authentication:



```php

// basic auth

Unirest\Request::auth('username', 'password');

```



The third parameter, which is a bitmask, will Unirest which HTTP authentication method(s) you want it to use for your proxy authentication.



If more than one bit is set, Unirest *(at PHP's libcurl level)* will first query the site to see what authentication methods it supports and then pick the best one you allow it to use. *For some methods, this will induce an extra network round-trip.*



**Supported Methods**



| Method               | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                     |

| -------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| `CURLAUTH_BASIC`     | HTTP Basic authentication. This is the default choice                                                                                                                                                           | 

| `CURLAUTH_DIGEST`    | HTTP Digest authentication. as defined in [RFC 2617](http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2617.txt)                                                                                                                       | 

| `CURLAUTH_DIGEST_IE` | HTTP Digest authentication with an IE flavor. *The IE flavor is simply that libcurl will use a special "quirk" that IE is known to have used before version 7 and that some servers require the client to use.* | 

| `CURLAUTH_NEGOTIATE` | HTTP Negotiate (SPNEGO) authentication. as defined in [RFC 4559](http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4559.txt)                                                                                                           |

| `CURLAUTH_NTLM`      | HTTP NTLM authentication. A proprietary protocol invented and used by Microsoft.                                                                                                                                |

| `CURLAUTH_NTLM_WB`   | NTLM delegating to winbind helper. Authentication is performed by a separate binary application. *see [libcurl docs](http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH.html) for more info*                        | 

| `CURLAUTH_ANY`       | This is a convenience macro that sets all bits and thus makes libcurl pick any it finds suitable. libcurl will automatically select the one it finds most secure.                                               |

| `CURLAUTH_ANYSAFE`   | This is a convenience macro that sets all bits except Basic and thus makes libcurl pick any it finds suitable. libcurl will automatically select the one it finds most secure.                                  |

| `CURLAUTH_ONLY`      | This is a meta symbol. OR this value together with a single specific auth value to force libcurl to probe for un-restricted auth and if not, only that single auth algorithm is acceptable.                     |



```php

// custom auth method

Unirest\Request::proxyAuth('username', 'password', CURLAUTH_DIGEST);

```



Previous versions of **Unirest** support *Basic Authentication* by providing the `username` and `password` arguments:



```php

$response = Unirest\Request::get('http://mockbin.com/request', null, null, 'username', 'password');

```



**This has been deprecated, and will be completely removed in `v.3.0.0` please use the `Unirest\Request::auth()` method instead**



### Cookies



Set a cookie string to specify the contents of a cookie header. Multiple cookies are separated with a semicolon followed by a space (e.g., "fruit=apple; colour=red")



```php

Unirest\Request::cookie($cookie)

```



Set a cookie file path for enabling cookie reading and storing cookies across multiple sequence of requests.



```php

Unirest\Request::cookieFile($cookieFile)

```



`$cookieFile` must be a correct path with write permission.



### Request Object



```php

Unirest\Request::get($url, $headers = array(), $parameters = null)

Unirest\Request::post($url, $headers = array(), $body = null)

Unirest\Request::put($url, $headers = array(), $body = null)

Unirest\Request::patch($url, $headers = array(), $body = null)

Unirest\Request::delete($url, $headers = array(), $body = null)

```

  

- `url` - Endpoint, address, or uri to be acted upon and requested information from.

- `headers` - Request Headers as associative array or object

- `body` - Request Body as associative array or object



You can send a request with any [standard](http://www.iana.org/assignments/http-methods/http-methods.xhtml) or custom HTTP Method:



```php

Unirest\Request::send(Unirest\Method::LINK, $url, $headers = array(), $body);



Unirest\Request::send('CHECKOUT', $url, $headers = array(), $body);

```



### Response Object



Upon recieving a response Unirest returns the result in the form of an Object, this object should always have the same keys for each language regarding to the response details.



- `code` - HTTP Response Status Code (Example `200`)

- `headers` - HTTP Response Headers

- `body` - Parsed response body where applicable, for example JSON responses are parsed to Objects / Associative Arrays.

- `raw_body` - Un-parsed response body



### Advanced Configuration



You can set some advanced configuration to tune Unirest-PHP:



#### Custom JSON Decode Flags



Unirest uses PHP's [JSON Extension](http://php.net/manual/en/book.json.php) for automatically decoding JSON responses.

sometime you may want to return associative arrays, limit the depth of recursion, or use any of the [customization flags](http://php.net/manual/en/json.constants.php).



To do so, simply set the desired options using the `jsonOpts` request method:



```php

Unirest\Request::jsonOpts(true, 512, JSON_NUMERIC_CHECK & JSON_FORCE_OBJECT & JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES);

```



#### Timeout



You can set a custom timeout value (in **seconds**):



```php

Unirest\Request::timeout(5); // 5s timeout

```



#### Proxy



Set the proxy to use for the upcoming request.



you can also set the proxy type to be one of `CURLPROXY_HTTP`, `CURLPROXY_HTTP_1_0`, `CURLPROXY_SOCKS4`, `CURLPROXY_SOCKS5`, `CURLPROXY_SOCKS4A`, and `CURLPROXY_SOCKS5_HOSTNAME`.



*check the [cURL docs](http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE.html) for more info*.



```php

// quick setup with default port: 1080

Unirest\Request::proxy('10.10.10.1');



// custom port and proxy type

Unirest\Request::proxy('10.10.10.1', 8080, CURLPROXY_HTTP);



// enable tunneling

Unirest\Request::proxy('10.10.10.1', 8080, CURLPROXY_HTTP, true);

```



##### Proxy Authenticaton



Passing a username, password *(optional)*, defaults to Basic Authentication:



```php

// basic auth

Unirest\Request::proxyAuth('username', 'password');

```



The third parameter, which is a bitmask, will Unirest which HTTP authentication method(s) you want it to use for your proxy authentication. 



If more than one bit is set, Unirest *(at PHP's libcurl level)* will first query the site to see what authentication methods it supports and then pick the best one you allow it to use. *For some methods, this will induce an extra network round-trip.*



See [Authentication](#authentication) for more details on methods supported.



```php

// basic auth

Unirest\Request::proxyAuth('username', 'password', CURLAUTH_DIGEST);

```



#### Default Request Headers



You can set default headers that will be sent on every request:



```php

Unirest\Request::defaultHeader('Header1', 'Value1');

Unirest\Request::defaultHeader('Header2', 'Value2');

```



You can set default headers in bulk by passing an array:



```php

Unirest\Request::defaultHeaders(array(

    'Header1' => 'Value1',

    'Header2' => 'Value2'

));

```



You can clear the default headers anytime with:



```php

Unirest\Request::clearDefaultHeaders();

```



#### Default cURL Options



You can set default [cURL options](http://php.net/manual/en/function.curl-setopt.php) that will be sent on every request:



```php

Unirest\Request::curlOpt(CURLOPT_COOKIE, 'foo=bar');

```



You can set options bulk by passing an array:



```php

Unirest\Request::curlOpts(array(

    CURLOPT_COOKIE => 'foo=bar'

));

```



You can clear the default options anytime with:



```php

Unirest\Request::clearCurlOpts();

```



#### SSL validation



You can explicitly enable or disable SSL certificate validation when consuming an SSL protected endpoint:



```php

Unirest\Request::verifyPeer(false); // Disables SSL cert validation

```



By default is `true`.



#### Utility Methods



```php

// alias for `curl_getinfo`

Unirest\Request::getInfo()



// returns internal cURL handle

Unirest\Request::getCurlHandle()

```



----



Made with ♥ from the [Mashape][mashape-url] team



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