Crowd Tangle API snippet

Crowd Tangle API Example Using Guzzle

// Crowdtangle API to check for 3rd_party posts on facebook.
$today = new \DateTime();
if ($fullCrowdTangle) {
    $startDate = '';
} else {
    $startDate = '&startDate='.$today->sub(new \DateInterval('P28D'))->format('Y-m-d');
}
$ctUrl = 'https://api.crowdtangle.com/links?link='.$fullUrl.$startDate;
$ctUrl .= '&platforms=facebook&token=SUPERCOOLTOKEN';

try {
    // Create the guzzle request dynamically based on the parameters we have set
    $client = new Client();
    $request = $client->get($ctUrl);
    $response = $request->send();
    $ctResponse = json_decode($response->getBody(), true);

    if ($ctResponse['status'] == 200) {
        foreach ($ctResponse['result']['posts'] as $ctPost) {     
            // we dont care about our own links, we do a pretty good job of that already       
            if ($ctPost['account']['handle'] !== 'someecards') {
                print_r($ctPost);              
            }
        }
    } else {
        $app->log(
            sprintf('Error getting crowd tangle info for %s', $ctUrl),
            array(),
            Logger::ERROR
        );
    }
} catch (\Exception $e) {
    $app->log(
        sprintf('Error getting crowd tangle info for %s', $ctUrl),
        array('Exception' => $e),
        Logger::ERROR
    );
}