class ClientFactory in Drupal 8

Helper class to construct a HTTP client with Drupal specific config.

Hierarchy

• class \Drupal\Core\Http\ClientFactory

2 files declare their use of ClientFactory

ClientFactoryTest.php in core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Http/ClientFactoryTest.php

DefaultFetcher.php in core/modules/aggregator/src/Plugin/aggregator/fetcher/DefaultFetcher.php

1 string reference to 'ClientFactory'

core.services.yml in core/core.services.yml

core/core.services.yml

1 service uses ClientFactory

http_client_factory in core/core.services.yml

Drupal\Core\Http\ClientFactory

File

core/lib/Drupal/Core/Http/ClientFactory.php, line 13

Namespace

Drupal\Core\Http

class ClientFactory {

  /**
   * The handler stack.
   *
   * @var \GuzzleHttp\HandlerStack
   */
  protected $stack;

  /**
   * Constructs a new ClientFactory instance.
   *
   * @param \GuzzleHttp\HandlerStack $stack
   *   The handler stack.
   */
  public function __construct(HandlerStack $stack) {
    $this->stack = $stack;
  }

  /**
   * Constructs a new client object from some configuration.
   *
   * @param array $config
   *   The config for the client.
   *
   * @return \GuzzleHttp\Client
   *   The HTTP client.
   */
  public function fromOptions(array $config = []) {
    $default_config = [
      // Security consideration: we must not use the certificate authority
      // file shipped with Guzzle because it can easily get outdated if a
      // certificate authority is hacked. Instead, we rely on the certificate
      // authority file provided by the operating system which is more likely
      // going to be updated in a timely fashion. This overrides the default
      // path to the pem file bundled with Guzzle.
      'verify' => TRUE,
      'timeout' => 30,
      'headers' => [
        'User-Agent' => 'Drupal/' . \Drupal::VERSION . ' (+https://www.drupal.org/) ' . \GuzzleHttp\default_user_agent(),
      ],
      'handler' => $this->stack,
      // Security consideration: prevent Guzzle from using environment variables
      // to configure the outbound proxy.
      'proxy' => [
        'http' => NULL,
        'https' => NULL,
        'no' => [],
      ],
    ];
    $config = NestedArray::mergeDeep($default_config, Settings::get('http_client_config', []), $config);
    return new Client($config);
  }

}

Members

Name	Modifiers	Type	Description	Overrides
ClientFactory::$stack	protected	property	The handler stack.
ClientFactory::fromOptions	public	function	Constructs a new client object from some configuration.
ClientFactory::__construct	public	function	Constructs a new ClientFactory instance.