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  • Bug fixes for general core bugs in 4.2.x will end 22 April 2024 (12 months).
  • Bug fixes for security issues in 4.2.x will end 7 October 2024 (18 months).
  • PHP version: minimum PHP 8.0.0 Note: minimum PHP version has increased since Moodle 4.1. PHP 8.1.x is supported too.
   1  <?php
   2  // This file is part of Moodle - http://moodle.org/
   3  //
   4  // Moodle is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
   5  // it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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   7  // (at your option) any later version.
   8  //
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  10  // but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  11  // MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  12  // GNU General Public License for more details.
  13  //
  14  // You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  15  // along with Moodle.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  16  
  17  
  18  /**
  19   * Moodle REST library
  20   *
  21   * @package    webservice_rest
  22   * @copyright  2009 Jerome Mouneyrac
  23   * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
  24   */
  25  
  26  
  27  /**
  28   * Moodle REST client
  29   *
  30   * It has been implemented for unit testing purpose (all protocols have similar client)
  31   *
  32   * @package    webservice_rest
  33   * @copyright  2010 Jerome Mouneyrac
  34   * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
  35   */
  36  class webservice_rest_client {
  37  
  38      /** @var moodle_url the REST server url */
  39      private $serverurl;
  40  
  41      /** @var string token */
  42      private $token;
  43  
  44      /** @var string returned value format: xml or json */
  45      private $format;
  46  
  47      /**
  48       * Constructor
  49       *
  50       * @param string $serverurl a Moodle URL
  51       * @param string $token the token used to do the web service call
  52       * @param string $format returned value format: xml or json
  53       */
  54      public function __construct($serverurl, $token, $format = 'xml') {
  55          $this->serverurl = new moodle_url($serverurl);
  56          $this->token = $token;
  57          $this->format = $format;
  58      }
  59  
  60      /**
  61       * Set the token used to do the REST call
  62       *
  63       * @param string $token the token used to do the web service call
  64       */
  65      public function set_token($token) {
  66          $this->token = $token;
  67      }
  68  
  69      /**
  70       * Execute client WS request with token authentication
  71       *
  72       * @param string $functionname the function name
  73       * @param array $params the parameters of the function
  74       * @return mixed
  75       */
  76      public function call($functionname, $params) {
  77          global $DB, $CFG;
  78  
  79           if ($this->format == 'json') {
  80               $formatparam = '&moodlewsrestformat=json';
  81               $this->serverurl->param('moodlewsrestformat','json');
  82           } else {
  83               $formatparam = ''; //to keep retro compability with old server that only support xml (they don't expect this param)
  84           }
  85  
  86          $this->serverurl->param('wstoken',$this->token);
  87          $this->serverurl->param('wsfunction',$functionname); //you could also use params().
  88  
  89          $result = download_file_content($this->serverurl->out(false), null, $params);
  90  
  91          //TODO MDL-22965 transform the XML result into PHP values
  92          if ($this->format == 'json') {
  93              $result = json_decode($result);
  94          }
  95  
  96          return $result;
  97      }
  98  
  99  }