dotCMS PHP SDK (`alpha`)

A PHP library designed to simplify interaction with the dotCMS Page API. This SDK provides a clean, object-oriented interface for retrieving and working with dotCMS pages and their components.

Requirements

PHP 8.2 or higher
Composer

Installation

Install the SDK using Composer:

composer require dotcms/php-sdk

Configuration

The SDK requires configuration to connect to your dotCMS instance:

use Dotcms\PhpSdk\Config\Config;

// Create a configuration for the client
$config = new Config(
    host: 'https://your-dotcms-instance.com',
    apiKey: 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    clientOptions: [
        'timeout' => 30
    ]
);

Configuration Options

Required Parameters

host: Your dotCMS instance URL
apiKey: Your dotCMS API key

Optional Parameters

clientOptions: Guzzle HTTP client options
- headers: Custom HTTP headers
- verify: SSL verification (boolean)
- timeout: Request timeout in seconds
- connect_timeout: Connection timeout in seconds
- http_errors: Whether to throw exceptions for HTTP errors
- allow_redirects: Whether to follow redirects
logConfig: Logging configuration
- level: Log level (DEBUG, INFO, NOTICE, WARNING, ERROR, CRITICAL, ALERT, EMERGENCY)
- console: Whether to output logs to console
- handlers: Array of custom Monolog handlers

Basic Usage

Creating a Client

use Dotcms\PhpSdk\DotCMSClient;

// Create the dotCMS client
$client = new DotCMSClient($config);

Fetching a Page

try {
    // Create a page request for a specific page
    $pageRequest = $client->createPageRequest('/', 'json');
    
    // Get the page
    $pageAsset = $client->getPage($pageRequest);
    
    // Access page information
    echo "Page title: " . $pageAsset->page->title . "\n";
    echo "Page URL: " . $pageAsset->page->pageUrl . "\n";
    echo "Template name: " . $pageAsset->template->title . "\n";
    
    // Check if page has vanity URL
    if ($pageAsset->vanityUrl !== null) {
        echo "Vanity URL: " . $pageAsset->vanityUrl->url . "\n";
        echo "Forward to: " . $pageAsset->vanityUrl->forwardTo . "\n";
    }
    
} catch (\Exception $e) {
    echo "Error: " . $e->getMessage() . "\n";
}

Fetching Navigation

try {
    // Create a navigation request
    $navRequest = $client->createNavigationRequest('/about-us', 2);
    
    // Get the navigation
    $nav = $client->getNavigation($navRequest);
    
    // Access navigation information
    echo "Navigation title: " . $nav->title . "\n";
    echo "Navigation URL: " . $nav->href . "\n";
    
    // Access children if available
    if ($nav->hasChildren()) {
        foreach ($nav->getChildren() as $child) {
            echo "- " . $child->title . " (" . $child->href . ")\n";
        }
    }
    
} catch (\Exception $e) {
    echo "Error: " . $e->getMessage() . "\n";
}

Asynchronous Requests

// Create a page request
$asyncPageRequest = $client->createPageRequest('/', 'json');

// Get the page asynchronously
$promise = $client->getPageAsync($asyncPageRequest);

// Add callbacks for success and failure
$promise->then(
    function ($asyncPage) {
        echo "Async page title: " . $asyncPage->page->title . "\n";
        if ($asyncPage->vanityUrl !== null) {
            echo "Vanity URL: " . $asyncPage->vanityUrl->url . "\n";
        }
    },
    function (\Exception $e) {
        echo "Error: " . $e->getMessage() . "\n";
    }
);

// Wait for the promise to complete
$promise->wait();

Asynchronous Navigation Requests

// Create a navigation request
$asyncNavRequest = $client->createNavigationRequest('/', 2);

// Get the navigation asynchronously
$promise = $client->getNavigationAsync($asyncNavRequest);

// Add callbacks for success and failure
$promise->then(
    function ($nav) {
        echo "Navigation title: " . $nav['title'] . "\n";
        if ($nav->hasChildren()) {
            foreach ($nav->getChildren() as $child) {
                echo "- " . $child['title'] . "\n";
            }
        }
    },
    function (\Exception $e) {
        echo "Error: " . $e->getMessage() . "\n";
    }
);

// Wait for the promise to complete
$promise->wait();

Advanced Usage

Customizing Page Requests

The PageRequest class provides several methods to customize your page requests:

$pageRequest = $client->createPageRequest('/about-us', 'json');

// Set the language ID for the request
$pageRequest = $pageRequest->withLanguageId(1);

// Set the mode (LIVE, WORKING, EDIT_MODE)
$pageRequest = $pageRequest->withMode('WORKING');

// Set the depth of the content to retrieve (0-3)
$pageRequest = $pageRequest->withDepth(2);

// Set personalization options
$pageRequest = $pageRequest->withPersonaId('persona_id');

// Set whether to fire rules
$pageRequest = $pageRequest->withFireRules(true);

// Set the host ID (Site ID)
$pageRequest = $pageRequest->withHostId('48190c8c-42c4-46af-8d1a-0cd5db894797');

Note that each method returns a new instance with the updated value, so you need to reassign the result.

Customizing Navigation Requests

The NavigationRequest class allows you to customize your navigation requests:

// Create a navigation request with custom parameters
$navRequest = $client->createNavigationRequest(
    path: '/about-us',  // The root path to begin traversing
    depth: 2,           // The depth of the folder tree to return (1-3)
    languageId: 2       // The language ID for content (e.g., 2 for Spanish)
);

// Get the navigation with the custom parameters
$nav = $client->getNavigation($navRequest);

Working with Page Components

Once you have a page, you can access its components:

// Access site information
echo "Site hostname: " . $page->site->hostname . "\n";

// Access template information
echo "Template title: " . $page->template->title . "\n";

// Access layout information
echo "Layout header: " . $page->layout->header . "\n";

// Access vanity URL if present
if ($page->vanityUrl !== null) {
    echo "Vanity URL pattern: " . $page->vanityUrl->pattern . "\n";
    echo "Forward to: " . $page->vanityUrl->forwardTo . "\n";
    echo "Response code: " . $page->vanityUrl->response . "\n";
    echo "Is temporary redirect: " . ($page->vanityUrl->temporaryRedirect ? 'Yes' : 'No') . "\n";
}

// Access containers and contentlets
foreach ($page->containers as $containerId => $container) {
    echo "Container ID: " . $containerId . "\n";
    echo "Max Contentlets: " . $container->maxContentlets . "\n";
    
    if (!empty($container->contentlets)) {
        foreach ($container->contentlets as $uuid => $contentlets) {
            foreach ($contentlets as $contentlet) {
                echo "Contentlet type: " . $contentlet->contentType . "\n";
                echo "Contentlet title: " . ($contentlet->title ?? 'N/A') . "\n";
                
                // Access additional fields using object properties
                foreach ($contentlet->getAdditionalProperties() as $fieldName => $fieldValue) {
                    if (is_scalar($fieldValue)) {
                        echo "$fieldName: $fieldValue\n";
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Working with Navigation Items

The NavigationItem class provides array access to its properties:

// Check if the navigation item is a folder
if ($nav->isFolder()) {
    echo "This is a folder\n";
}

// Check if the navigation item is a page
if ($nav->isPage()) {
    echo "This is a page\n";
}

// Access navigation properties
echo "Title: " . $nav->title . "\n";
echo "URL: " . $nav->href . "\n";
echo "Type: " . $nav->type . "\n";
echo "Target: " . $nav->target . "\n"; // e.g., "_self", "_blank"
echo "Order: " . $nav->order . "\n";

// Recursively process navigation tree
function processNavigation($navItem, $level = 0) {
    $indent = str_repeat("  ", $level);
    echo $indent . "- " . $navItem->title . " (" . $navItem->href . ")\n";
    
    if ($navItem->hasChildren()) {
        foreach ($navItem->getChildren() as $child) {
            processNavigation($child, $level + 1);
        }
    }
}

processNavigation($nav);

Using SDK Utilities

The SDK includes a DotCmsHelper class with common functions for rendering and working with DotCMS content:

use Dotcms\PhpSdk\Utils\DotCmsHelper;
use Dotcms\PhpSdk\Model\Content\Contentlet;

// Generate HTML attributes from an associative array
$attrs = [
    'class' => 'my-class',
    'data-id' => '123',
    'disabled' => true
];
$htmlAttrs = DotCmsHelper::htmlAttributes($attrs);

// Generate simple HTML for a contentlet
$contentlet = new Contentlet(
    identifier: 'abc123',
    inode: 'inode123',
    title: 'My Content',
    contentType: 'Banner'
);
$html = DotCmsHelper::simpleContentHtml($contentlet->jsonSerialize());

// Extract accept types from container structures
$acceptTypes = DotCmsHelper::extractAcceptTypes($containerStructures);

// Extract contentlets from container page
$contentlets = DotCmsHelper::extractContentlets($containerPage, $uuid);

These utilities help with common tasks like:

Generating HTML attributes safely
Rendering contentlets with basic HTML
Working with container structures and contentlets
Extracting data from container pages

Data Access Patterns

The SDK provides two ways to access data: object notation and array access. Here's when to use each:

Object Notation (->)

Use object notation for accessing standard properties of these classes:

// Page and Site properties
$page->title
$page->pageUrl
$site->hostname

// Container properties
$container->identifier
$container->title
$container->maxContentlets

// Contentlet properties
$contentlet->identifier
$contentlet->title
$contentlet->contentType

// Navigation properties
$nav->title
$nav->href
$nav->type

Array Access ([])

Use array access for:

Additional properties not explicitly defined in the class
Accessing container contentlets by UUID
Accessing rendered content by UUID

// Additional properties
$contentlet['customField']
$page['metadata']

// Container contentlets
$container->contentlets['uuid-123']

// Rendered content
$container->rendered['uuid-123']

Classes That Support Both

These classes support both object and array access:

Page
Site
Contentlet
Container
Any class extending AbstractModel

Classes That Only Support Object Access

These classes only support object notation:

PageAsset
ContainerPage
NavigationItem
Layout
Template
VanityUrl

API Reference

DotCMSClient

The main client for interacting with the dotCMS API.

Method	Description	Parameters
`__construct`	Create a new client instance	`Config $config`
`getPage`	Fetch a page synchronously	`PageRequest $request`
`getPageAsync`	Fetch a page asynchronously	`PageRequest $request`
`createPageRequest`	Create a new page request	`string $pagePath, string $format = 'json'`
`getNavigation`	Fetch navigation items synchronously	`NavigationRequest $request`
`getNavigationAsync`	Fetch navigation items asynchronously	`NavigationRequest $request`
`createNavigationRequest`	Create a new navigation request	`string $path = '/', int $depth = 1, int $languageId = 1`

PageRequest

Represents a request to the dotCMS Page API.

Method	Description	Parameters
`__construct`	Create a new page request	`string $pagePath, string $format = 'json'`
`withLanguageId`	Set the language ID for the request	`int $languageId`
`withMode`	Set the mode (LIVE, WORKING, EDIT_MODE)	`string $mode`
`withDepth`	Set the depth of the content to retrieve (0-3)	`int $depth`
`withPersonaId`	Set the persona ID for personalization	`string $personaId`
`withHostId`	Set the host ID (Site ID)	`string $hostId`
`withFireRules`	Set whether to fire rules	`bool $fireRules`
`buildPath`	(Internal) Build the API path for the request	None
`buildQueryParams`	(Internal) Build the query parameters for the request	None

NavigationRequest

Represents a request to the dotCMS Navigation API.

Method	Description	Parameters
`__construct`	Create a new navigation request	`string $path = '/', int $depth = 1, int $languageId = 1`
`getPath`	Get the path	None
`getDepth`	Get the depth	None
`getLanguageId`	Get the language ID	None
`buildPath`	(Internal) Build the API path for the request	None
`buildQueryParams`	(Internal) Build the query parameters for the request	None

PageAsset

Represents a complete page asset from dotCMS.

Property	Type	Description
`page`	Page	The Page object
`site`	Site	The Site object
`template`	Template	The Template object
`layout`	Layout	The Layout object
`containers`	array	Array of ContainerPage objects
`urlContentMap`	Contentlet\|null	Content map for generated pages
`viewAs`	ViewAs	Visitor context information
`vanityUrl`	VanityUrl\|null	Optional vanity URL configuration

ContainerPage

Represents a container page from dotCMS.

Property	Type	Description
`container`	Container	The Container object
`containerStructures`	array	Array of ContainerStructure objects
`rendered`	array<string, string>	Rendered content keyed by UUID
`contentlets`	array<string, array>	Contentlets keyed by UUID

Contentlet

Represents a content item from dotCMS.

Property	Type	Description
`identifier`	string	The content identifier
`inode`	string	The content inode
`title`	string	The content title
`contentType`	string	The content type
`additionalProperties`	array<string, mixed>	Additional content properties

Method	Description	Return Type
`getAdditionalProperties`	Get additional properties	`array<string, mixed>`
`jsonSerialize`	Convert to array for JSON serialization	`array<string, mixed>`

DotCmsHelper

Utility class for common DotCMS operations.

Method	Description	Parameters	Return Type
`htmlAttributes`	Generate HTML attributes	`array<string, mixed>`	`string`
`simpleContentHtml`	Generate simple HTML for content	`array<string, mixed>`	`string`
`extractAcceptTypes`	Extract accept types from structures	`array<ContainerStructure>`	`string`
`extractContentlets`	Extract contentlets from container	`ContainerPage, string`	`array<Contentlet>`

Error Handling

The SDK provides several exception classes for error handling:

Exception	Description
`DotCMSException`	Base exception class for all SDK exceptions
`ConfigException`	Thrown when there's an issue with the configuration
`HttpException`	Thrown when there's an HTTP error
`ResponseException`	Thrown when there's an issue with the response

Example error handling:

try {
    $pageAsset = $client->getPage($pageRequest);
} catch (ConfigException $e) {
    echo "Configuration error: " . $e->getMessage() . "\n";
} catch (HttpException $e) {
    echo "HTTP error: " . $e->getMessage() . "\n";
    echo "Status code: " . $e->getStatusCode() . "\n";
} catch (ResponseException $e) {
    echo "Response error: " . $e->getMessage() . "\n";
} catch (DotCMSException $e) {
    echo "dotCMS error: " . $e->getMessage() . "\n";
} catch (\Exception $e) {
    echo "General error: " . $e->getMessage() . "\n";
}

Examples

Basic Page Example

<?php

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

use Dotcms\PhpSdk\Config\Config;
use Dotcms\PhpSdk\DotCMSClient;
use Dotcms\PhpSdk\Model\Page\PageAsset;
use Dotcms\PhpSdk\Model\Page\VanityUrl;

// Create configuration
$config = new Config(
    host: 'https://demo.dotcms.com',
    apiKey: 'YOUR_API_KEY'
);

// Create client
$client = new DotCMSClient($config);

// Create page request
$pageRequest = $client->createPageRequest('/', 'json');

// Get page
$pageAsset = $client->getPage($pageRequest);

// Display page information
echo "Page title: " . $pageAsset->page->title . "\n";
echo "Page URL: " . $pageAsset->page->pageUrl . "\n";

// Check for vanity URL
if ($pageAsset->vanityUrl !== null) {
    echo "Vanity URL: " . $pageAsset->vanityUrl->url . "\n";
    echo "Forward to: " . $pageAsset->vanityUrl->forwardTo . "\n";
}

Basic Navigation Example

<?php

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

use Dotcms\PhpSdk\Config\Config;
use Dotcms\PhpSdk\DotCMSClient;
use Dotcms\PhpSdk\Model\Navigation\NavigationItem;

// Create configuration
$config = new Config(
    host: 'https://demo.dotcms.com',
    apiKey: 'YOUR_API_KEY'
);

// Create client
$client = new DotCMSClient($config);

// Create navigation request for the About Us section with depth=2
$navRequest = $client->createNavigationRequest('/about-us', 2);

// Get navigation
$nav = $client->getNavigation($navRequest);

// Display navigation information
echo "Navigation title: " . $nav->title . "\n";

// Display children if available
if ($nav->hasChildren()) {
    echo "Children:\n";
    foreach ($nav->getChildren() as $child) {
        echo "- " . $child->title . " (" . $child->href . ")\n";
    }
}

Integration with Symfony

The SDK can be easily integrated with Symfony. See the examples/dotcms-symfony directory for a complete example.

We Need Your Feedback!

The SDK is in active development, and your feedback is crucial to its success. We're particularly interested in:

Use cases and real-world scenarios
Feature requests and improvements
Performance feedback
Integration challenges
Documentation suggestions

Feel free to:

Open issues for bugs or feature requests
Join our community discussions
Share your implementation experiences
Suggest improvements to the API design

Contributing

We welcome contributions of all kinds! Whether you're fixing bugs, adding features, or improving documentation, your help makes the SDK better for everyone.

How to Contribute

Fork the repository
Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
Make your changes
Run the test suite (composer check)
Commit your changes (git commit -m 'feat: add amazing feature')
Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
Open a Pull Request

Pull Requests

We actively review and merge pull requests. To ensure a smooth process:

Follow our coding standards
Add tests for new features
Update documentation
Use conventional commit messages
Keep PRs focused and manageable

Development Setup

Clone the repository
Install dependencies: composer install
Run tests: composer test

Coding Standards

The project uses PHP-CS-Fixer for code style. Run the following commands:

Check code style: composer cs-check
Fix code style: composer cs-fix

Static Analysis

The project uses PHPStan for static analysis:

composer phpstan

Running All Checks

composer check

What's Next

The SDK is actively being developed with several exciting features planned:

Template Rendering System

We're working on a comprehensive template rendering system that will make it easier to integrate DotCMS with popular PHP frameworks:

Twig Templates

Pre-built templates for DotCMS layouts, containers, and content types
Twig extensions for common DotCMS operations

Blade Templates

Ready-to-use Blade components for DotCMS content
Blade directives for DotCMS-specific functionality
Standard layouts for common page structures
SEO-friendly markup and metadata handling

Content API Support

Full Content API integration for content management
ElasticSearch Support
Advanced search capabilities

Logging System

Configurable log levels (DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR, etc.)
Multiple logging handlers (file, console, syslog)
Context-aware logging with request/response details

Data Validation Layer

Schema-based validation for content types
Custom validation rules
Validation error handling
Type conversion and normalization
Cross-field validation
Validation caching

Additional Features

Enhanced caching mechanisms
Additional framework integrations
Performance optimizations
Extended documentation and examples

Stay tuned for updates and feel free to contribute to these upcoming features!

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

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dotCMS PHP SDK (alpha)

Requirements

Installation

Configuration

Configuration Options

Required Parameters

Optional Parameters

Basic Usage

Creating a Client

Fetching a Page

Fetching Navigation

Asynchronous Requests

Asynchronous Navigation Requests

Advanced Usage

Customizing Page Requests

Customizing Navigation Requests

Working with Page Components

Working with Navigation Items

Using SDK Utilities

Data Access Patterns

Object Notation (->)

Array Access ([])

Classes That Support Both

Classes That Only Support Object Access

API Reference

DotCMSClient

PageRequest

NavigationRequest

PageAsset

ContainerPage

Contentlet

DotCmsHelper

Error Handling

Examples

Basic Page Example

Basic Navigation Example

Integration with Symfony

We Need Your Feedback!

Contributing

How to Contribute

Pull Requests

Development Setup

Coding Standards

Static Analysis

Running All Checks

What's Next

Template Rendering System

Twig Templates

Blade Templates

Content API Support

Logging System

Data Validation Layer

Additional Features

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