API example

gistfile1.rb

class RestRequest
{
	protected $url;
	protected $verb;
	protected $requestBody;
	protected $requestLength;
	protected $username;
	protected $password;
	protected $acceptType;
	protected $responseBody;
	protected $responseInfo;

	public function __construct ($url = null, $verb = 'GET', $requestBody = null)
	{
		$this->url				= $url;
		$this->verb				= $verb;
		$this->requestBody		= $requestBody;
		$this->requestLength		= 0;
		$this->username			= null;
		$this->password			= null;
		$this->acceptType		= 'application/json';
		$this->responseBody		= null;
		$this->responseInfo		= null;

		if ($this->requestBody !== null)
		{
			$this->buildPostBody();
		}
	}