A laravel package to interface with the Apixu API

This package adds a facade and a dependency injectable class you can use to make easy calls to the api

Install

You can install the package via composer:

composer require rjvandoesburg/laravel-apixu-client

You must install the following service provider:

// config/app.php

'providers' => [
    ...
    Rjvandoesburg\Apixu\ApixuServiceProvider::class,
    ...
];

This package requires an API key that can be stored in the .env file. You can get your key here: https://www.apixu.com/ The following settings are available for your .env file:

APIXU_KEY={your-key-here}
APIXU_URL=https://api.apixu.com/v1
APIXU_CACHE_LENGTH=30

The cache length is how long before new data is fetched from the server, this because you might want to limit the API calls

These settings are set in a config file that you can edit yourself, should you desire to do so. Execute the following command to get the config file

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Rjvandoesburg\Apixu\ApixuServiceProvider"

A file named apixu.php will be created in the config directory.

Usage

The API has 4 endpoint

• Current
• Forecast
• History
• Search

Each request needs certain parameters, read more about those here

To build op the filters you need to use a FiltersClass and all parameters you can set for the API are defined as properties. To use the facade to get the current weather, use the following:

$filters = new \Rjvandoesburg\Apixu\Filters([
    'q' => 'London',
]);
$response = \Apixu::current($filters);

This will return a CurrentResponse which contains all properties returned. You can use this response to easily output the response.

The available methods are:

\Apixu::current($filters);
\Apixu::forecast($filters);
\Apixu::history($filters);
\Apixu::search($filters);

or use the dependency injection method

public function getWeather(\Rjvandoesburg\Apixu\ApixuClient $apixu)
{
    $filters = new \Rjvandoesburg\Apixu\Filters([
        'q' => 'London',
    ]);
    
    return $apixu->current($filters)
}

Credits

• Robert-John van Doesburg

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.