graphql-php-client

A GraphQL client in PHP. This uses Guzzle, but it's compatible with any PSR-18 client through HTTPlug

Installation

composer require hearst-hatchery/graphql-php-client

Usage

require 'vendor/autoload.php';
use GraphQLClient\Client;

$client = new Client("https://swapi.graph.cool/");

$query = <<<QUERY
{
  allPersons(first:2) {
    name
    birthYear
    gender
    homeworld {
      name
    }
  }
}
QUERY;

$response = $client->query($query);

var_dump($response);

this will return

array(1) {
  ["allPersons"]=>
  array(2) {
    [0]=>
    array(4) {
      ["name"]=>
      string(14) "Luke Skywalker"
      ["birthYear"]=>
      string(5) "19BBY"
      ["gender"]=>
      string(4) "MALE"
      ["homeworld"]=>
      array(1) {
        ["name"]=>
        string(8) "Tatooine"
      }
    }
    [1]=>
    array(4) {
      ["name"]=>
      string(5) "C-3PO"
      ["birthYear"]=>
      string(6) "112BBY"
      ["gender"]=>
      string(7) "UNKNOWN"
      ["homeworld"]=>
      array(1) {
        ["name"]=>
        string(8) "Tatooine"
      }
    }
  }
}

Advanced Example

You can easily extend the client, and it supports Httplug's Plugins. This one uses Github's API and variables.

This example needs composer require php-http/message before running. Adapted from https://developer.github.com/v4/guides/forming-calls/#working-with-variables

require 'vendor/autoload.php';
use GraphQLClient\Client;
use Http\Message\Authentication\Bearer;
use Http\Client\Common\Plugin\AuthenticationPlugin;
use Http\Client\Common\PluginClient;

class GithubClient extends Client
{
    public function __construct(){
        parent::__construct("https://api.github.com/graphql");
    }

    protected function buildClient(array $options = [])
    {
        $authentication = new Bearer('<Github API Token>');
        $authenticationPlugin = new AuthenticationPlugin($authentication);

        return new PluginClient(
            parent::buildClient($options),
            [$authenticationPlugin]
        );
    }
}

$client = new GithubClient();

$query = <<<QUERY
query(\$number_of_repos:Int!) {
  viewer {
    name
     repositories(last: \$number_of_repos) {
       nodes {
         name
       }
     }
   }
}
QUERY;

$response = $client->query($query, ['number_of_repos' => 3]);

var_dump($response);

Client options

Currently, this client accepts all Guzzle request options.

Default options

• method : POST
• headers : ['Content-Type: application/json']
• json : true

Using our GraphQL Query Builder

We also use a query builder in our applications (https://github.com/Hearst-Hatchery/graphql-php-query-builder). Using the first example, installation is easy:

composer require hearst-hatchery/graphql-php-query-builder

Then include it

use GraphQLQueryBuilder\QueryBuilder;

Then $query can be shortened to:

$query->setObjectField('allPersons')->setArguments(['first' => 2])->setQueryObject([
  'name',
  'birthYear',
  'gender',
  'homeworld' => ['name']
]);

And expand it in our query() call:

$response = $client->query($query->buildQuery());

Which should give the same result, while having access to dynamic GraphQL queries!

Contributing

Please read CONTRIBUTING.md for details on submitting pull requests to us.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details