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PHP Using the GitHub API with PHP Creating a GitHub Client Following a User

Jonathan Grieve
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Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,252 Points
Posted by Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,252 Points

I have no clue. Make Request to follow users

I've been through the code I've built so far but I'm stumped. I'm out of my depth with this one. I've grabbed the URL from the documentation and I believe I've created a new instance from the api but I can only assume the variable for that is $api.

index.php 
<?php
require 'authorization.php';
/*
 * $api object provided
 */

$api = new "/user/following/:philsturgeon";

1 Answer

Jason Anders
MOD
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,858 Points
Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,858 Points

Hey Jonathan,

I can see you've got a bit lost on this one.

First off, you are correct in that the object is $api. So, that will be used, but not as a variable name as you have it now. The variable name doesn't really matter, but it's good to use $response. If you watch Alena set up a $response to get subscriptions here starting at the 20 second mark, the syntax for this challenge is pretty much exactly the same, except that the challenge will be a PUT request (not a GET) and the url string will be different, obviously. :)

The URL string you have is also correct, except for one thing. Lose the colon before the username. It should be "/user/following/philsturgeon".

With all this in mind, have a look at that little snippet of video and you should be able to get it. If you're still stuck, let me know. :smile:

Keep Coding! :dizzy:

Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,252 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,252 Points

Thanks Jason,

So in this case, in the Documentation the PUT refers to the request method to use and the colon is just saying, swap this part of the string with the username you want to target.

Thanks for your guidance. :) To be honest, this course is going into my "needs another go" category. And I'll probably do it in Workspaces as from the start, I couldn't replicate the styles or functionality on localhost! :)