basecamp.php

Lightweight multi-paradigm PHP (JSON) client for the new Basecamp API.

Many thanks to Sandeep Shetty, whose Shopify client provided the inspiration and much of the code for this project.

Requirements

• PHP 5.3 with cURL support.

Getting Started

Download

Download the latest version of basecamp.php:

$ curl -L http://github.com/bdunlap/basecamp.php/tarball/master | tar xvz
$ mv bdunlap-basecamp.php-* basecamp.php

Require

<?php
require 'path/to/basecamp.php/basecamp.php';
?>

Limitations

• Currently supports private apps only.
• This is quick and dirty and will get you started. It does not do client-side caching, which you must implement per 37signals. Pull requests welcome.

Usage

Making API calls:

<?php
$appName = 'MyApp';
$appContact = 'yourname@example.com';

$basecampAccountId = '999999999';
$basecampUsername = 'yourusername';
$basecampPassword = 'yourpassword';

$basecamp = basecamp_api_client($appName, $appContact,
    $basecampAccountId, $basecampUsername, $basecampPassword);

try {
    /**
     * Get a list of all projects:
     */
    $projects = $basecamp('GET', '/projects.json');
    echo "Current list of projects:\n";
    foreach ($projects as $project) {
        echo "\t".$project->name."\n";
    }

    /**
     * Create a new project:
     */
    $project = array(
        'name' => 'My new project!',
    );

    $newProject = $basecamp('POST', '/projects.json', $project);
    echo "New project ID is {$newProject->id}\n";
} catch (Exception $e) {
    die($e->getMessage());
}
?>

See the Basecamp API docs for more interactions.