README

This is a PHP wrapper for the FreeToGame API

Basic installation

You can install this package via composer using:

composer require nellyt/free-to-game-api-wrapper

Usage

Basic

require ('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \FreeToGame\Client();

$response = $client->fetchList();
$response = $client->fetchDetails($gameId);

$response->getResponse()->getStatusCode();

$response->getData();

Filters

Filters are used when fetching lists of games. There are three types of filter:

1. Platform
2. Category
3. Tags

Filters are added to a FilterCollection instance, which is passed to the client.

Platform filters

$platformFilter = new \FreeToGame\Filters\PlatformFilter(new \FreeToGame\Filters\Platforms\Browser());

$filterCollection = new \FreeToGame\Filters\FilterCollection();
$filterCollection->setPlatformFilter($platformFilter);

$response = $client->fetchList($filterCollection);

Category / Tag filters

Lists of games can be filtered by category or tags, not both. Tag filters require an array of SearchTerms, while category filters accept only one.

Category

$categoryFilter = new \FreeToGame\Filters\CategoryFilter(new \FreeToGame\Filters\SearchTerms\Shooter());

$filterCollection = new \FreeToGame\Filters\FilterCollection();
$filterCollection->setCategoryFilter($categoryFilter);

$response = $client->fetchList($filterCollection);

Tag

$searchTerms = [
    new \FreeToGame\Filters\SearchTerms\Shooter(),
    new \FreeToGame\Filters\SearchTerms\Strategy(),
    new \FreeToGame\Filters\SearchTerms\Racing(),
];

$tagFilter = new \FreeToGame\Filters\TagFilter($searchTerms);
$filterCollection = new \FreeToGame\Filters\FilterCollection();
$filterCollection->setTagFilter($tagFilter);

$response = $client->fetchList($filterCollection);

Tag helper

There are two helper functions available to assist build the array of SearchTerms.

$shooter = \FreeToGame\Helpers\SearchTermFactory::getSearchTerm('shooter');
$searchTerms = \FreeToGame\Helpers\SearchTermFactory::getSearchTerms(['shooter', 'zombie', 'permadeath']);

Sort By

Lists of games can be sorted.

$sort = new \FreeToGame\Sort\AlphabeticalSort();

$response = $client->fetchList(null, $sort);

Example: multiple filters and sorted

$platformFilter = new \FreeToGame\Filters\PlatformFilter(new \FreeToGame\Filters\Platforms\Browser());

$searchTerms = [
    new \FreeToGame\Filters\SearchTerms\Shooter(),
    new \FreeToGame\Filters\SearchTerms\Strategy(),
    new \FreeToGame\Filters\SearchTerms\Racing(),
];
$tagFilter = new \FreeToGame\Filters\TagFilter($searchTerms);

$filterCollection = new \FreeToGame\Filters\FilterCollection();
$filterCollection->setPlatformFilter($platformFilter);
$filterCollection->setTagFilter($tagFilter);

$sort = new \FreeToGame\Sort\AlphabeticalSort();

$response = $client->fetchList($filterCollection, $sort);

Sort Options

The list of sorting options is:

1. AlphabeticalSort
2. PopularitySort
3. ReleaseDateSort
4. RelevanceSort
5. Sort

Search Terms

The list of search terms is:

1. Action
2. ActionRolePlayingGame
3. Anime
4. BattleRoyale
5. Card
6. Fantasy
7. Fighting
8. FirstPerson
9. Flight
10. Horror
11. LowSpecifications
12. MartialArts
13. MassivelyMultiplayerOnline
14. MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineFirstPersonShooter
15. MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRealTimeStrategy
16. MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame
17. MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineThirdPersonShooter
18. Military
19. MultiplayerOnlineBattleArena
20. OpenWorld
21. Permadeath
22. Pixel
23. PlayerVersusEnvironment
24. PlayerVersusPlayer
25. Racing
26. Sailing
27. Sandbox
28. ScienceFiction
29. SearchTerm
30. Shooter
31. SideScroller
32. Social
33. Space
34. Sports
35. Strategy
36. Superhero
37. Survival
38. Tank
39. ThirdPerson
40. ThreeDimensions
41. TopDown
42. TowerDefense
43. TurnBased
44. TwoDimensions
45. Voxel
46. Zombie