Contains the functionality for parsing a Google Play Music URL for keeping track of albums I listen to. See http://davidpea.ch/articles/671 for the full post.

ApiController.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use App\Http\Requests;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use JonnyW\PhantomJs\Client;
use App\Listening;
use DB;

class ApiController extends Controller
{
	public function addListeningTo(Request $request)
	{
		$initialUrl = $request->get('url');
		$initialUrl = trim($initialUrl, '/');
		$urlArray = explode('/', $initialUrl);
		if ( ! empty($urlArray))
		{
			$urlToParse = env('GOOGLE_PLAY_MUSIC_BASE_URL') . end($urlArray);
		}
		else
		{
			abort(500);
		}

		$client = Client::getInstance();
		$engine = $client->getEngine();

		$engine->setPath(env('PHANTOM_BIN_PATH'));

		$req  = $client->getMessageFactory()->createRequest();
		$res = $client->getMessageFactory()->createResponse();

		$req->setMethod('GET');
		$req->setUrl($urlToParse);

		$client->send($req, $res);

		$content = $res->content;

		$html = new \SimpleHtmlDom\simple_html_dom();
		$html->load($content);

		$infoText = $html->find('div[class=info-text]', 0);

		if ( ! is_null($infoText))
		{
			$albumArtist = $infoText->find('div[class=album-artist]', 0);
			if ( ! is_null($albumArtist))
			{
				$albumArtist = $albumArtist->plaintext;
			}

			$albumTitle = $infoText->find('div[class=title]', 0);
			if ( ! is_null($albumTitle))
			{
				$albumTitle = $albumTitle->plaintext;
			}

			$albumStats = $infoText->find('div[class=stats]', 0);
			if ( ! is_null($albumStats))
			{
				$albumStats = $albumStats->plaintext;
			}
		}

		$albumArtwork = $html->find('img[class=album-art]', 0);

		if ( ! is_null($albumArtwork))
		{
			$albumArtworkSrc = $albumArtwork->getAttribute('src');
		}

		$listenedTo = Listening::where('artist', $albumArtist)->where('album', $albumTitle)->first();

		if (is_null($listenedTo))
		{
			$listenedTo = Listening::create([
				'artist' => $albumArtist,
				'album' => $albumTitle,
				'artwork' => $albumArtworkSrc,
				'album_stats' => $albumStats,
				'url' => $urlToParse
				]);		
		}

		DB::insert("insert into listenings_counts SET listenings_id = '" . $listenedTo->id . "', created_at = NOW(), updated_at = NOW()");

		// maybe redirect to another screen where i could perhaps write a note?
		return redirect('/');
	}

}