(PHP ActiveX) Populi Search People

Demonstrates the Populi searchPeople task.

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Note: The php_com_dotnet.dll may need to be enabled inside of php.ini.

<?php

// This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

// First load the previously obtained API token.
// See Get Populi Access Token for sample code showing how to get the API token.
// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.Xml')
$xml = new COM("Chilkat.Xml");
$success = $xml->LoadXmlFile('qa_data/tokens/populi_token.xml');
$accessKey = $xml->getChildContent('access_key');
if ($xml->LastMethodSuccess != 1) {
    print 'Did not find the access_key' . "\n";
    exit;
}

// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.Rest')
$rest = new COM("Chilkat.Rest");

// Connect using TLS.
// A single REST object, once connected, can be used for many Populi REST API calls.
// The auto-reconnect indicates that if the already-established HTTPS connection is closed,
// then it will be automatically re-established as needed.
$bAutoReconnect = 1;
$success = $rest->Connect('yourcollege.populi.co',443,1,$bAutoReconnect);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $rest->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$rest->Authorization = $accessKey;

$rest->AddQueryParam('task','searchPeople');
$rest->AddQueryParam('search_term','Robert');
$rest->AddQueryParam('limit','10');

$responseBody = $rest->fullRequestFormUrlEncoded('POST','/api/index.php');
if ($rest->LastMethodSuccess != 1) {
    print $rest->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// We should expect a 200 response if successful.
if ($rest->ResponseStatusCode != 200) {
    print 'Request Header: ' . "\n";
    print $rest->LastRequestHeader . "\n";
    print '----' . "\n";
    print 'Response StatusCode = ' . $rest->ResponseStatusCode . "\n";
    print 'Response StatusLine: ' . $rest->ResponseStatusText . "\n";
    print 'Response Header:' . "\n";
    print $rest->ResponseHeader . "\n";
    print 'Response Body:' . "\n";
    print $responseBody . "\n";
    exit;
}

$xml->LoadXml($responseBody);
print $xml->getXml() . "\n";

// Sample response:
// Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample XML: 
// Generate Parsing Code from XML

// <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
//  <response>
// 	<person>
// 		<id>11111</id>
// 		<first_name>Robert</first_name>
// 		<last_name>McStudent</last_name>
// 		<middle_name>Kensington</middle_name>
// 		<preferred_name>Bobby</preferred_name>
// 		<is_user>1</is_user>
// 		<primary_email>r.mcstudent@myschool.edu</primary_email>
// 	</person>
// 	<person>
// 		<id>2222</id>
// 		<first_name>Robert</first_name>
// 		<last_name>McBoardmember</last_name>
// 		<middle_name/>
// 		<preferred_name/>
// 		<is_user>0</is_user>
// 		<primary_email>robert@gmail.com</primary_email>
// 	</person>
// </response>

$i = 0;
$count_i = $xml->NumChildrenHavingTag('person');
while ($i < $count_i) {
    $xml->I = $i;
    $id = $xml->GetChildIntValue('person[i]|id');
    $first_name = $xml->getChildContent('person[i]|first_name');
    $last_name = $xml->getChildContent('person[i]|last_name');
    $middle_name = $xml->getChildContent('person[i]|middle_name');
    $preferred_name = $xml->getChildContent('person[i]|preferred_name');
    $is_user = $xml->GetChildIntValue('person[i]|is_user');
    $primary_email = $xml->getChildContent('person[i]|primary_email');
    $i = $i + 1;
}


?>