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The code below provides hooks to receive json encoded response objects from the daylife API. It does NOT use the XML encoded response.


class JsonDatasource {

var $json_datasource_url = null;
var $encoding_hook = null;

public function __construct($json_datasource_url, $encoding_hook=null) {
$this->json_datasource_url = $json_datasource_url;
if (!$encoding_hook) {
$encoding_hook = new DefaultEncodingHook();
}
$this->encoding_hook = $encoding_hook;
}

/**
* Magic method to invoke an json server method.
*/
public function __call($call, $args=array()) {
if(count($args) != 0) {
$args=$args[0];
}
$url = $this->json_datasource_url . $call;
$post_field = html_entity_decode($this->query_string_encode($args,null));
$file = $this->constructUrl($call, $args);
$json = file_get_contents($file);

return json_decode($json, true);
}

public function constructUrl($action, $params) {
$url = $this->json_datasource_url . $action;
$query = html_entity_decode($this->query_string_encode($params,null));
//print($url . '?' . $query . "\n");
return $url . '?' . $query;
}

public function query_string_encode($data, $key) {
$ret = array();
foreach ((array)$data as $k => $v) {
if(!empty($key)) {
$k = $key;
}
if (is_array($v) || is_object($v)) {
//array_push($ret, $this->query_string_encode($v,$k));
$ret = $this->encoding_hook->encode_array($k, $v, $ret);
} else if (isset($v)) {
$ret = $this->encoding_hook->encode($k, $v, $ret);
}
}
$sep = ini_get('arg_separator.output');
return implode($sep, $ret);
}

private function get_microsecs() {
$time = gettimeofday(true);
$seconds = $time['sec'];
$micros = $time['usec'];
return $seconds . "." . $micros;
}
}

class DefaultEncodingHook {
public function encode($k, $v, $ret) {
array_push($ret, urlencode($k).'='.urlencode($v));
return $ret;
}
}

class PublicApiEncodingHook {

var $access_key = null;
var $shared_secret = null;
var $id_params = array("topic_id", "quote_id", "image_id", "article_id", "source_id");
var $name_params = array("query", "name");

public function __construct($access_key, $shared_secret) {
$this->access_key = $access_key;
$this->shared_secret = $shared_secret;
}

public function encode($k, $v, $ret) {
$is_id = false;
$is_name = false;
if ($is_id = in_array($k, $this->id_params) || $is_name = in_array($k, $this->name_params)) {
#if ($is_id && is_numeric($v)) {
# $v = encode_id($v);
#}
$signature = md5($this->access_key . $this->shared_secret . $v);
array_push($ret, urlencode("signature").'='.urlencode($signature));
array_push($ret, urlencode("accesskey").'='.urlencode($this->access_key));
}
array_push($ret, urlencode($k).'='.urlencode($v));
return $ret;
}

public function encode_array($k, $v, $ret) {
$is_id = false;
$is_name = false;
if ($is_id=in_array($k,$this->id_params) || $is_name=in_array($k,$this->name_params)) {
sort($v);
$signature = md5($this->access_key . $this->shared_secret . implode("",$v));
array_push($ret, urlencode("signature").'='.urlencode($signature));
array_push($ret, urlencode("accesskey").'='.urlencode($this->access_key));
}
foreach($v as $x) {
array_push($ret, urlencode($k).'='.urlencode($x));
}
return $ret;
}

}

class PublicApi extends JsonDatasource {
public function __construct($json_datasource_url, $access_key, $shared_secret) {
parent::__construct($json_datasource_url, new PublicApiEncodingHook($access_key, $shared_secret));
}
}