Preview
Video Player
00:00
00:00
GET Search and Results
3:49We'll set up the first feature of our GitHub client: the ability to search repositories. We'll use the wrapper library to pass our search parameter to GitHub, then use the results to display a list in our application.
The project files for
this application are all set up and
0:00
ready to accept data from the API.
0:03
They use Bootstrap for styling and
Twig for HTML templates.
0:05
I included these packages
in the composer.json file.
0:09
So when we ran the composer
require from the previous video
0:13
those packages were also installed.
0:16
If you are unfamiliar with
Bootstrap Twig Templates or
0:19
Composer, please check the notes
associated with this video.
0:22
Let's preview the current state
of the project in a browser.
0:27
We have a home page that
introduces people to the project,
0:34
a Search page that isn't actually
providing search capabilities yet,
0:38
and a Project Repos page that
reads the composer.LOC file and
0:43
gives us a list of packages
used in this project.
0:47
We'll be adding two features,
the search capability and
0:51
the ability to watch or on watch packages.
0:55
Let's go back to Workspaces and
start with the search feature.
1:00
Open search.php.
1:05
After our Twig object,
let's create a new API object.
1:08
Next, we need to check for search string.
1:21
If (!empty($_GET['q']))
1:26
If the search string is set we can
use that in our API GET method.
1:37
Let's start by creating a response.
1:43
$api->get( and
now we're going to '/search/repositories/.
1:48
The get method accepts
two optional parameters,
2:02
additional parameters for
the URL and additional headers.
2:05
So we can add the search
string as a second parameter.
2:10
The second parameter is an array,
so we add 'q'.
2:14
And set it equal to
filter_input(INPUT_GIT,
2:22
'q', FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING).
2:29
Next we decode the response so
that we can access the repositories.
2:40
The search template is set up to
display those repositories, so
2:55
all we need to do is pass the repositories
as an argument named items.
2:59
Let's move the arguments
out of the render call and
3:05
then we can add the items to that array.
3:08
Now we can add $args['items']
3:23
= $repositories->items.
3:29
Let's test our search page in the browser.
3:36