Writing API clients with HTTPlug

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Shows how to build a reusable PHP API client for a small to‑do REST API using PSR-7 requests, the HTTPlug client interface and Guzzle adapters, plus a MessageFactory and plugin chain (for example the ad-host plugin). The workshop builds create/get/update operations that handle 200/204/404 codes, wraps transport exceptions into domain exceptions via a sendRequest helper, uses an HTTPlug mock client for unit tests asserting requests and error mapping, and demonstrates Symfony integration and the debug toolbar.

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" chapters (5)

1. 0:00Start
2. 5:38PSR-7 flow
3. 20:41HTTPlug Asynchronous
4. 28:15Composer in a library
5. 31:51Composer in an application

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