How to use the api in PHP (for Wordpress)

[Jeremy Timessen]

Hi,

I've tried for quite a few hours to implement the Fatsecret api with PHP. I haven't succeeded yet.

That's why I came here. Does someone have a basic implementation of lets say.. the foods.search function?

There's no need for deep integration. My plan is to make a sidebar widget where people can search for a food item.

Does anyone have an example?

Thank you for your time and help!

[Kristina A.]

I'm about to embark on a very similar project, Jeremy, and wondered if you'd had any luck or response on this that you might be willing to share before I begin. :)

Thanks!

[Billy]

Jeremy and Kristina

Try this:

<?php 

$consumer_key = "123456789101112"; 

$secret_key = "123456789101112"; 

//Signature Base String 

//<HTTP Method>&<Request URL>&<Normalized Parameters> 

$base = rawurlencode("GET")."&"; 

$base .= "http%3A%2F%2Fplatform.fatsecret.com%2Frest%2Fserver.api&"; 

//sort params by abc....necessary to build a correct unique signature 

$params = "method=foods.search&"; 

$params .= "oauth_consumer_key=$consumer_key&"; // ur consumer key 

$params .= "oauth_nonce=123&"; 

$params .= "oauth_signature_method=HMAC-SHA1&"; 

$params .= "oauth_timestamp=".time()."&"; 

$params .= "oauth_version=1.0&"; 

$params .= "search_expression=apple"; 

$params2 = rawurlencode($params); 

$base .= $params2; 

//encrypt it!

$sig= base64_encode(hash_hmac('sha1', $base, "$secret_key&", true)); // replace xxx with Consumer Secret 

//now get the search results and write them down 

$url = "http://platform.fatsecret.com/rest/server.api?".$params."&oauth_signature=".rawurlencode($sig); 

//$food_feed = file_get_contents($url); 

list($output,$error,$info) = loadFoods($url); 

echo '<pre>'; 

if($error == 0){ 

    if($info['http_code'] == '200') 

        echo $output; 

    else 

        die('Status INFO : '.$info['http_code']); 

} 

else 

    die('Status ERROR : '.$error); 

function loadFoods($url) 

{ 

        // create curl resource 

        $ch = curl_init(); 

        // set url 

        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url); 

        //return the transfer as a string 

        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1); 

        // $output contains the output string 

        $output = curl_exec($ch); 

        $error = curl_error($ch); 

        $info = curl_getinfo($ch); 

        // close curl resource to free up system resources 

        curl_close($ch); 

        return array($output,$error,$info); 

} 

?>

[Leah Branch]

Billy,

Would you be willing to help me install this on my WP site? I have attempted this for months and don't know where to begin. I'm extremely teachable and would like to get this up and running on my site quickly. Thoughts?

Leah

[Braunson]

Create a new custom template in WordPress and use the code from Billy in that custom template, then for whatever page you want to use it on, select that custom template (in WordPress's Admin area).