Using curl in PHP

cURL is commonly used as an extension to make HTTP requests and handle responses from within PHP scripts. It provides a wide range of features and options for making HTTP requests, including support for various protocols and authentication methods.

We've implemented a code sample that you can re-use to convert your HTML documents to PDF, JPG, PNG or WEBP using PDFShift and PHP:

<?php

function convert($api_key, $params, $endpoint = 'pdf') {
    // Ensure the endpoint is valid
    if (!in_array($endpoint, array('pdf', 'png', 'jpg', 'webp'))) {
        throw new Exception('Invalid endpoint specified');
    }

    // Set the API URL
    $url = 'https://api.pdfshift.io/v3/convert/' . $endpoint;

    // Set cURL options
    $curl = curl_init($url);
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POST, true);
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($params));
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array(
        'Content-Type: application/json',
        'Authorization: Basic ' . base64_encode('api:' . $api_key)
    ));

    // Execute the cURL request
    $response = curl_exec($curl);

    // Check for cURL errors
    if ($response === false) {
        $error_message = curl_error($curl);
        curl_close($curl);
        throw new Exception("cURL error: $error_message");
    }

    // Get the HTTP status code
    $http_status = curl_getinfo($curl, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);

    // Close cURL resource
    curl_close($curl);

    // Check if the request was successful
    if ($http_status !== 200) {
        throw new Exception("Request failed with HTTP status code: $http_status");
    }

    // Check if filename or webhook were passed
    if (array_key_exists('filename', $params) || array_key_exists('webhook', $params)) {
        // Decode the response JSON
        return json_decode($response, true);
    }

    // Return the binary content
    return $response;
}

Here's how you can use the above code:

try {
    $result = convert('sk_XXXXXXXXXXXXXX', array(
        'source' => 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REST'
    ));

    var_dump($result);
} catch (Exception $e) {
    echo 'Error: ' . $e->getMessage();
}

We've tested this code with the latest version of curl and it's ready to be used in your project.

But if you were to encounter any bugs or issues while running it (or if you want to suggest changes to improve the code), please contact us and we'll be happy to help you out.