如何在magento 1.9模块中使用cURL

Question

I've developed a module, at the moment only some function and get/post from to Database , the front I have it already done. I want to add a class (cURL) to call 3rd party api, but I don't know how can I to implement that. It should be in controllers(IndexController?) or Model folder as new file? and if I have to add some details in config.xml?

Answer 1

There is no restriction to use the curl in a particular file. It depends on your module functionality and parameters. The most effective effort to use curl in indexcontroller. Use can create a function and initiate them.

Example like:

  <?php

    $curl = new Varien_Http_Adapter_Curl();
    $curl->setConfig(array(
           'timeout'   => 15    //Timeout in no of seconds
    ));
    $feed_url = "http://feeds.feedburner.com/magento";
    $curl->write(Zend_Http_Client::GET, $feed_url, '1.0');
    $data = $curl->read();
    if ($data === false) {
       return false;
    }
    $data = preg_split('/^r?$/m', $data, 2);
    $data = trim($data[1]);
    $curl->close();

    try {
      $xml  = new SimpleXMLElement($data);
     //Parse the XML FEED and output the data
    }
    catch (Exception $e) {
       echo $e->getMessage();
    }

    ?>