API v2 Quickstart

This page provides a quick introduction to Chargify SDK for PHP and introductory examples for v2 of the Chargify API. If you have not already installed the SDK, head over to the Installation page.

Making a Request

The first step to sending a request with the SDK is to create a Crucial\Service\ChargifyV2 object.

Creating an API Client

<?php
use Crucial\Service\ChargifyV2;

$chargifyV2 = new ChargifyV2([
    'api_id'       => '{{API_ID}}',
    'api_password' => '{{API_PASSWORD}}',
    'api_secret'   => '{{API_SECRET}}'
]);

The client constructor accepts an associative array of options:

api_id

(string) Chargify Direct API ID.

api_password

(string) Chargify Direct API password.

api_secret

(string) Chargify Direct API secret.

See the Chargify documentation for help finding your API v2 credentials.

Resource Objects

The Chargify API v2 is divided into resources such as call, signups, card update, etc. The SDK follows this same pattern and provides a simple interface for selecting the resource you want to operate on.

<?php
use Crucial\Service\ChargifyV2;

$chargifyV2 = new ChargifyV2([
    'api_id'       => '{{API_ID}}',
    'api_password' => '{{API_PASSWORD}}',
    'api_secret'   => '{{API_SECRET}}'
]);

// Crucial\Service\ChargifyV2\Direct
$direct = $chargifyV2->direct();

// Crucial\Service\ChargifyV2\Call
$call = $chargifyV2->call();

Sending Requests

Now that you have a resource object you’re ready to send a request. The resource objects provide a fluent interface for setting properties to send in your request. The example below shows how to fetch a call object.

<?php
use Crucial\Service\ChargifyV2;

$chargifyV2 = new ChargifyV2([
    'api_id'       => '{{API_ID}}',
    'api_password' => '{{API_PASSWORD}}',
    'api_secret'   => '{{API_SECRET}}'
]);

// Crucial\Service\ChargifyV2\Call
$call = $chargifyV2->call()
    // send request to fetch call object by ID
    ->readByChargifyId(1234);

Using Responses

In the previous example, calling ->readByChargifyId() on the Crucial\Service\ChargifyV2\Call object will send the request to Chargify and load it with the call response.

You can access the response data as you would any normal array:

$callId   = $call['id']; // Chargify call ID
$request  = $call['request'];
$response = $call['response'];
$success  = $call['success'];

Error Handling

The SDK loads errors on the resource object for any errors that occur during a transfer.

• You can test for an error using the ->isError() method of the resource object.

  if ($call->isError()) {
     // handle errors
  } else {
     // the transfer was successful
     $callId   = $call['id']; // Chargify call ID
     $request  = $call['request'];
     $response = $call['response'];
     $success  = $call['success'];
  }
  

• You can get the loaded errors, if any, using the ->getErrors() method of the resource object.

  if ($call->isError()) {
     // array of errors loaded during the transfer
     $errors = $call->getErrors();
  }
  

Note

In the above example, ->isError() and ->getErrors() only loads errors with the SDK’s request to the Chargify API. It does not load errors from the call object itself, such as might be present in $call['response']['result']['errors'].