USA Today API Client

Introduction

Laminas/Zend Framework module with API client to access USA Today BestSellers API

Installation

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

{
    "require": {
        "firelike/usatoday-api-client": "1.*"
    }
}

Configuration

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

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

Copy and paste the usatoday.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 usatoday.local.php might look something like the following:

<?php
return [
    'usat_service' => [
        'service_url' => 'http://api.usatoday.com/open/bestsellers/books',
        'api_key' => '<your-usa-today-api-key>'
    ]
];

Usage

Calling from your code:

        use Firelike\USAToday\Service\BestSellersService;
        
        $service = new BestSellersService();
        
        $options = [
          'year' => '2016',
          'month' => '10',
          'date' => '20'
        ];
        $records = $service->booklists($options);
        
        var_dump($records);
        

Using the console:

php public/index.php usatoday fetch-booklists -v

Implemented Service Methods:

• booklists
• dates
• categories

Links

• Zend Framework website
• USA Today Developer Network