NY Times API Client

Introduction

Zend Framework module to consume NY Times API

Installation

Install the module using Composer into your application's vendor directory. Add the following line to your composer.json.

{
    "require": {
        "firelike/nytimes-api": "^1.1"
    }
}

Configuration

Enable the module in your application.config.php file.

return array(
    'modules' => array(
        'Firelike\NYTimes'
    )
);

Copy and paste the nytimes.local.php.dist file to your config/autoload folder and customize it with your credentials and other configuration settings. Make sure to remove .dist from your file.Your nytimes.local.php might look something like the following:

<?php
return [
    'nytimes_service' => [
        'api_key' => '<your-api-key>',
    ]
];

Usage

Calling from your code:

        use Firelike\NYTimes\Request\AbstractRequest;
        use Firelike\NYTimes\Request\Books\Lists;
        use Firelike\NYTimes\Service\BooksService;

        $service = new BestSellersService();
        
        $request = new Lists();
        $request->setList('hardcover-fiction')
            ->setSortOrder(AbstractRequest::SORT_ORDER_ASC);

        $result = $this->getService()->bestSellerList($request);
        
        $numberOfRecords = $result->toArray()['num_results];
        var_dump($numberOfRecords);

        $records= $result->toArray()['results];
        var_dump($records);
        

Using the console:

php public/index.php nytimes lists -v

Implemented Service Methods:

• bestSellerList
• bestSellerHistoryList
• bestSellerListNames
• bestSellerListOverview
• bestSellerListByDate
• reviews

Links

• Zend Framework website
• NY Times Developers