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[PHP] FreedomCore VK API

A PHP VK API Client based on official VK API Documentation

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Instructions
  • Require this package with Composer
  • Configuration
• Resources
  • VKBase
  • VKAccount
  • VKDataStorage
  • VKDocuments
  • VKGroups
  • VKUsers

Introduction

This is a pure PHP implementation of VK API Client library. It can be easy extended by adding additional resource classes to API folder.

Pros:

• Can authorize users with specific scope
• Can check for required scope before executing API call
• Works with: Users, Groups, DataStorage, Account and Documents APIs
• Easy to modify
• Easy to use

This code is available on Github. Pull requests are welcome.

Require this package with Composer

Install this package through Composer. Edit your project's composer.json file to require freedomcore/vk-api.

Create composer.json file

and run composer update

or

run this command in your command line:

Configuration

1. Create New Object
   a. To work with Library before authorization completed

   b. To work with Library after authorization completed

2. How to authorize user
   a. Generate Authorization Link

   b. Get Access Token By Using Key From Callback

   c. Check, if user authorized

3. Now you can work with API

Resources

VKBase Resource

This is the main Library resource

There are 4 API Methods presented in this Resource:

1. • Set API Version Provided By User
2. • Returns Authorization Link With Passed Parameters
3. • Returns Access Token From Authorization Link
4. • Returns User Authorization Status

VKAccount Resource

This Resource allows you to get user related data

How to use:

Initialize New VKAccount object:

Now you can call methods, e.g.

There are 6 API Methods presented in this Resource:

1. • Fetches all counters which are greater than zero (messages, videos, friends, etc)
2. • Creates Sidebar Link to application, if user allowed it
3. • Sets status to Online for 15 minutes
4. • Sets status to Offline
5. • Returns a list of active ads (offers)
6. • Gets settings of the current user in this application

VKDataStorage Resource

Missing Description

There are 3 API Methods presented in this Resource:

1. • Returns a value of variable with the name set by key parameter
2. • Saves a value of variable with the name set by key parameter
3. • Returns the names of all variables

VKDocuments Resource

Attention: This Resourse is incomplete | There are 7 more methods to be added

This Resource allows you to work with documents which are belong to user/group

How to use:

Initialize New VKDocuments object:

Now you can call methods, e.g.

There are 3 API Methods presented in this Resource:

1. • Returns detailed information about user or community documents
2. • Returns information about documents by their IDs
3. • Returns the server address for document upload

VKGroups Resource

How to use:

This Resource allows you to manage groups and work with them

Initialize New VKGroups object:

Now you can call methods, e.g.

There are 19 API Methods presented in this Resource:

1. • Returns information specifying whether a user is a member of a community
2. • Returns information about communities by their ID (IDs)
3. • Returns a list of the communities to which a user belongs
4. • Returns a list of community members
5. • With this method you can join the group or public page, and also confirm your participation in an event.
6. • With this method you can leave a group, public page, or event.
7. • Searches for communities by substring.
8. • Returns a list of invitations to join communities and events.
9. • Returns invited users list of a community (Requires Moderator Status)
10. • Adds a user to a community blacklist (Requires Moderator Status)
11. • Deletes a user from a community blacklist (Requires Moderator Status)
12. • Returns a list of users on a community blacklist (Requires Moderator Status)
13. • Creates a new community
14. • Edits a community (THIS METHOD INCOMPLETE)
15. • Get Group Settings
16. • Get Group Access Requests
17. • Invite User To Group (Requires Moderator Status)
18. • Remove User From Group (Requires Moderator Status)
19. • Approve User Request To Join Group (Requires Moderator Status)

VKUsers Resource

This Resource allows you to work with users and their data

How to use:

Initialize New VKUsers object:

Now you can call methods, e.g.

There are 6 API Methods presented in this Resource:

1. • Returns detailed information on users
2. • Returns a list of users matching the search criteria
3. • Returns information whether a user installed the application
4. • Returns a list of IDs of users and communities followed by the user
5. • Returns a list of IDs of followers of the user in question, sorted by date added, most recent first
6. • Get Nearby Users Based On Current Latitude and Longitude