Call a REST endpoint from the command line

Calling an endpoint from the command line without actually doing an HTTP Request is straightforward.

Your endpoint must be implemented using any PHP framework that handles the HTTP request and response.

e.g.:

• byjg/restserver
• slimphp/slim
• zendframework/zend-expressive
• symfony/http-foundation
• etc.

Let's take a look at an example using the byjg/restserver framework, and with the controller file app.php:

<?php
require_once __DIR__ . '/../../vendor/autoload.php';

$routeDefinition = new RouteList();
$routeDefinition->addRoute(Route::get("/testclosure")
    ->withOutputProcessor(JsonOutputProcessor::class)
    ->withClosure(function ($response, $request) {
        $response->write([
            "result" => "OK",
            "arg" => $request->get("arg")
        ]);
    })
);

$restServer = new HttpRequestHandler();
$restServer->handle($routeDefinition);

The example above creates a simple REST endpoint /testclosure that returns a JSON with the argument arg.

To call this endpoint from the command line, you can use the following command:

scriptify call \
    /testclosure \
    --controller "app.php" \
    --http-get "arg=value1"