PHP client for the RESTful ConnectWise APIs.
We solely use Laravel for our applications, so there are some Laravel specific files that you can use if you are using this client in a Laravel application. We have tried to make sure that you can use the client outside of Laravel, and have some documentation about it below.
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We are using the "Member Impersonation" model where you set up an integrator username & password with access to the "Member API", which makes all calls to ConnectWise performed under the permission of the user (member id) of the application.
We make all of our ConnectWise users' member ID equal to their email (i.e. [email protected] has a member ID of joedoe in connectwise) [NOTE: The "." was removed from joe.doe as ConnectWise does not allow periods in the member ID]. By following this convention, we can infer the member ID from the logged in user's email address in our applications. We have included a trait that you can use on the User model that will perform the logic above.
As of 2019.3, they require a clientId
when connecting to the API, so you will need to register for one here...
https://developer.connectwise.com/ClientID
The client supports the standard http verbs
plus one extra one...
delete
get
(ConnectWise default pagination is 25 records, so unless you specify a differentpageSize
, you will get 25 records)getAll
(Makes as many needed API calls to get all of the records in the collection. You should be very careful when using this method as your system may run out of memory.)head
put
post
patch
The responses are cast into models with the properties cast into the types as defined in the Swagger documentation. You can review the models in the src/Models
folder. There is a property named casts
on each model that instructs the factory on how to cast the properties from the response. If the casts
property is empty, then the properties are not defined in the swagger, so an array is returned.
Some of the responses have links to the related resource. If a property has a relationship, you can call it as a method, and the additional calls are automatically made & returned. The value is stored in place of the original data, so once it is loaded it is cached.
$ psysh
Psy Shell v0.8.18 (PHP 7.2.17 — cli) by Justin Hileman
>>> // Using "$member" object for this example
>>> get_class($member) // Verify that it is a "Member"
=> "Spinen\ConnectWise\Models\v2019_3\System\Member"
>>> get_class($member->defaultLocation) // On load, the "defaultLocation" is a "SystemLocationReference" object
=> "Spinen\ConnectWise\Models\v2019_3\System\SystemLocationReference"
>>> get_class($member->defaultLocation()) // Call it as a method to load the relationship
=> "Spinen\ConnectWise\Models\v2019_3\System\Location"
>>> get_class($member->defaultLocation) // Now it is cached as a "Location" object
=> "Spinen\ConnectWise\Models\v2019_3\System\Location"
There are may also be "related" properties in the "_info" property that you can have the system load for you. [NOTE: This does a getAll
for the related properties, so it will make as many API calls as needed to get all of the related items]
$ psysh
Psy Shell v0.8.18 (PHP 7.2.17 — cli) by Justin Hileman
>>> // Using "$company" object for this example
>>> get_class($company) // Verify that it is a "Company"
=> "Spinen\ConnectWise\Models\v2018_6\Company\Company"
>>> $company->_info // Look for potential relations
=> Spinen\ConnectWise\Models\v2018_6\Company\Metadata {#5678
+"lastUpdated": "2019-05-20T18:12:38Z",
+"updatedBy": "someone",
+"dateEntered": "2006-06-21T16:04:59Z",
+"enteredBy": "someone",
+"contacts_href": "https://some.host/v4_6_release/apis/3.0/company/contacts?conditions=company/id=250",
+"agreements_href": "https://some.host/v4_6_release/apis/3.0/finance/agreements?conditions=company/id=250",
+"tickets_href": "https://some.host/v4_6_release/apis/3.0/service/tickets?conditions=company/id=250",
+"opportunities_href": "https://some.host/v4_6_release/apis/3.0/sales/opportunities?conditions=company/id=250",
+"activities_href": "https://some.host/v4_6_release/apis/3.0/sales/activities?conditions=company/id=250",
+"projects_href": "https://some.host/v4_6_release/apis/3.0/project/projects?conditions=company/id=250",
+"configurations_href": "https://some.host/v4_6_release/apis/3.0/company/configurations?conditions=company/id=250",
+"orders_href": "https://some.host/v4_6_release/apis/3.0/sales/orders?conditions=company/id=250",
+"documents_href": "https://some.host/v4_6_release/apis/3.0/system/documents?recordType=Company&recordId=250",
+"sites_href": "https://some.host/v4_6_release/apis/3.0/company/companies/250/sites",
+"teams_href": "https://some.host/v4_6_release/apis/3.0/company/companies/250/teams",
+"reports_href": "https://some.host/v4_6_release/apis/3.0/company/companies/250/managementSummaryReports",
+"notes_href": "https://some.host/v4_6_release/apis/3.0/company/companies/250/notes",
}
>>> isset($company->agreements) // Not loaded before the call
=> false
>>> $company->agreements // Client goes to get "agreements" from the $company->_info->agreements_fref URI
=> Spinen\ConnectWise\Support\Collection {#6123
// Removed to make example shorter
}
>>> isset($company->agreements) // Cached & loaded for next call
=> true
Install the ConnectWise PHP Client:
$ composer require spinen/connectwise-php-client
The package uses the auto registration feature of Laravel 5.
- Add the provider to
config/app.php
'providers' => [
# other providers omitted
Spinen\ConnectWise\Laravel\ServiceProvider::class,
],
- [Optional] Add the alias to
config/app.php
'aliases' => [
# other aliases omitted
'ConnectWise' => Spinen\ConnectWise\Laravel\Facades\ConnectWise::class,
],
- Add the following to
config/services.php
...
'connectwise' => [
'client_id' => env('CW_CLIENT_ID'),
'company_id' => env('CW_COMPANY_ID'),
// Optional member id to use if there is not a logged in user
'default_member_id' => env('CW_DEFAULT_MEMBER_ID'),
'integrator' => env('CW_INTEGRATOR'),
'password' => env('CW_PASSWORD'),
'url' => env('CW_URL'),
// Optional version of the API models to use
//'version' => '' // default is the latest supported
],
- Add the appropriate values to your
.env
...
CW_CLIENT_ID=<the-client-id>
CW_COMPANY_ID=<company_id>
CW_DEFAULT_MEMBER_ID=<default_member_id>
CW_INTEGRATOR=<integrator username>
CW_PASSWORD=<integrator password>
CW_URL=https://<FQDN to ConnectWise server>
- Use the
ConnectWiseMemberIdFromEmail
trait on the User model, which is located atSpinen\ConnectWise\Laravel\ConnectWiseMemberIdFromEmail
, if your ConnectWise member_id is a match to your email as described above. If you do not follow that convention, then you can define your owngetConnectWiseMemberIdAttribute
accessor on the User model or just add aconnect_wise_member_id
column to your user table that you populate with the appropriate values.
Here is an example of getting the system information...
As of version 3.1.0, the response is either a Laravel collection of models or a single model. You can see the models in src/Models
. They all extend Spinen\ConnectWise\Support
, so you can see the methods that they provide.
$ php artisan tinker
Psy Shell v0.8.0 (PHP 7.0.14 — cli) by Justin Hileman
>>> Auth::loginUsingId(1); // If not useing the default member id
=> App\User {#983
id: "1",
first_name: "Joe",
last_name: "Doe",
email: "[email protected]",
admin: "0",
created_at: "2017-01-02 18:30:47",
updated_at: "2017-01-12 22:22:39",
logged_in_at: "2017-01-12 22:22:39",
deleted_at: null,
}
>>> $cw = app('Spinen\ConnectWise\Api\Client');
=> Spinen\ConnectWise\Api\Client {#934}
>>> $info = $cw->get('system/info');
=> Spinen\ConnectWise\Models\v2019_3\System\Info {#1008}
>>> $info->toArray();
=> [
"version" => "v2016.6.43325",
"isCloud" => false,
"serverTimeZone" => "Eastern Standard Time",
]
>>> $info->toJson()
=> "{"version":"v2016.6.43325","isCloud":false,"serverTimeZone":"Eastern Standard Time"}"
>>> $info->isCloud
=> false
>>> $info['isCloud'];
=> false
Same call using the facade...
$ php artisan tinker
Psy Shell v0.8.0 (PHP 7.0.14 — cli) by Justin Hileman
>>> Auth::loginUsingId(1); // If not useing the default member id
=> App\User {#983
id: "1",
first_name: "Joe",
last_name: "Doe",
email: "[email protected]",
admin: "0",
created_at: "2017-01-02 18:30:47",
updated_at: "2017-01-12 22:22:39",
logged_in_at: "2017-01-12 22:22:39",
deleted_at: null,
}
>>> ConnectWise::get('system/info');
=> Spinen\ConnectWise\Models\v2019_3\System\Info {#1005}
>>> ConnectWise::get('system/info')->toArray();
=> [
"version" => "v2018.6.59996",
"isCloud" => false,
"serverTimeZone" => "Eastern Standard Time",
"licenseBits" => [
// ... All of the properties
],
"cloudRegion" => "NA",
]
>>> ConnectWise::get('system/info')->toJson();
=> "{"version":"v2018.6.59996",...}"
>>> ConnectWise::get('system/info')->isCloud;
=> false
>>> ConnectWise::get('system/info')['isCloud'];
=> false
>>>
To use the client outside of Laravel, you just need to new-up the objects...
$ psysh
Psy Shell v0.8.18 (PHP 7.2.17 — cli) by Justin Hileman
>>> // New-up objects
>>> $token = (new Spinen\ConnectWise\Api\Token())->setCompanyId('<company_id>')->setMemberId('<member_id>');
=> Spinen\ConnectWise\Api\Token {#208}
>>> $guzzle = new GuzzleHttp\Client();
=> GuzzleHttp\Client {#196}
>>> $resolver = new Spinen\ConnectWise\Support\ModelResolver();
=> Spinen\ConnectWise\Support\ModelResolver {#201}
>>> $client = (new Spinen\ConnectWise\Api\Client($token, $guzzle, $resolver))->setClientId('<the-client-id>')->setIntegrator('<integrator>')->setPassword('<password>')->setUrl('https://<domain.tld>');
=> Spinen\ConnectWise\Api\Client {#231}
>>> $info = $client->get('system/info'); => Spinen\ConnectWise\Models\v2019_3\System\Info {#237}
>>> $info->toArray();
=> [
"version" => "v2018.6.59996",
"isCloud" => false,
"serverTimeZone" => "Eastern Standard Time",
"licenseBits" => [
// ... All of the properties
],
"cloudRegion" => "NA",
]
>>> // Set client to use different version
>>> $client->setVersion('2019.1')
=> Spinen\ConnectWise\Api\Client {#231}
>>> $info = $client->get('system/info');
>>> /// NOTE: the version in the namespace
=> Spinen\ConnectWise\Models\v2019_1\System\Info {#235}
You can specify the version of the models you want in 1 of 3 ways...
- The 4th parameter in the
Client
constructor - Calling the
setVersion
method on theclient
object - [Laravel only] Setting the
version
property in the config
The supported versions are:
- 2018.4
- 2018.5
- 2018.6
- 2019.1
- 2019.2
- 2019.3
- 2019.4
(default)
You can see the differences of the models by looking at the casts
property on the individual models
in src/Models/<version>
directory.