PHP Curl (For demonstration purpose only)

curl.php

<?php

// For demonstration purpose only

// API using CURL

// Get

$ch = curl_init();

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/topstories.json');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);

$results = curl_exec($ch);

$infos = curl_getinfo($ch);
print_r($infos);

if ($infos['http_code'] !== 200) {
    echo 'Oops! Something went wrong!';
    die();
}

$topStoryIds = array_slice(json_decode($results), 0, 5);
print_r($topStoryIds);

die();

// Post

$ch = curl_init();

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'http://0.0.0.0:8080/server.php');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, [
    'text' => 'Webstart is nice!'
]);

$result = curl_exec($ch);
$response = json_decode($result);

if (curl_getinfo($ch)['http_code'] !== 200) {
    echo $response->data->error;
    die();
}

echo $response->data->text;
print_r($result);