PHP

Official TechSpecs SDK for PHP ➝ https://github.com/techspecs/techspecs-php

Introducing TechSpecs PHP

This PHP SDK provides programmatic access to the standardized technical specifications of over 60,000 consumer electronics products, including the latest smartphones, tablets, smartwatches, laptops, and more.

Requirements

• PHP 7.4+
• Composer

Installation

Shell

composer require techspecs/techspecs-php

Usage

The library needs to be configured with your account's api key and base which is
available in your TechSpecs Dashboard.

Set $techSpecsKey to your key value and $techSpecsBase to your base value.

Basic Search

Search for a device by specifying it's model name, version number or features

PHP

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

// Importing the SDK class
use TechSpecsSDK\TechSpecsSDK;

// TechSpecs API Key
$techSpecsKey = 'techspecs_api_key';

// TechSpecs base https://apis.dashboard.techspecs.io/{techspecs_base}
$techSpecsBase = 'a8TD3mkN49fhg2y';

// Instantiate the Library
$techSpecs = new TechSpecsSDK($techSpecsBase, $techSpecsKey);

// product name or version number to search
$keyword = 'iPhone 13';

// product category to search
$category = ['all'];

// choose between "pretty" or "raw" mode for viewing response
$response = $techSpecs->search($keyword, $category, 'pretty');

// print the search results
print($response);

Advanced Search

List all products by brand, category and release date

PHP

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

// Importing the SDK class
use TechSpecsSDK\TechSpecsSDK;

// TechSpecs API Key
$techSpecsKey = 'techspecs_api_key';

// TechSpecs base https://apis.dashboard.techspecs.io/{techspecs_base}
$techSpecsBase = 'a8TD3mkN49fhg2y';

// Instantiate the Library
$techSpecs = new TechSpecsSDK($techSpecsBase, $techSpecsKey);

// enter the page number to fetch results from
$page = 1;

/**
 * Type in the name of the brand you're looking for
 * or leave this field empty to see results from all brands
 */
$brand = ['Apple'];

/**
 * Type in the name of the category you're looking for
 * or leave this field empty to see results from all categories
 */
$category = ['smartphone'];

/**
 * Please provide a date range to narrow your search.
 * Leave this field empty to fetch all results from all dates
 */
$dateFrom = '2010-01-01'; // YYYY-MM-DD
$dateTo = '2022-03-15'; // YYYY-MM-DD

// Choose between "pretty" or "raw" mode for viewing response
$response = $techSpecs->products(
    $brand,
    $category,
    $dateFrom,
    $dateTo,
    $page,
    'pretty'
);

// Print the search results
print($response);

Product Details

PHP

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

// Importing the SDK class
use TechSpecsSDK\TechSpecsSDK;

// TechSpecs API Key
$techSpecsKey = 'techspecs_api_key';

// TechSpecs base https://apis.dashboard.techspecs.io/{techspecs_base}
$techSpecsBase = 'a8TD3mkN49fhg2y';

// Instantiate the Library
$techSpecs = new TechSpecsSDK($techSpecsBase, $techSpecsKey);

// TechSpecs product id
$techspecsId = '6186b047987cda5f88311983';

// choose between "pretty" or "raw" mode for viewing response
$response = $techSpecs->productDetail($techspecsId, 'pretty');

// print the specifications of the product
print($response);

List all brands

PHP

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

// Importing the SDK class
use TechSpecsSDK\TechSpecsSDK;

// TechSpecs API Key
$techSpecsKey = 'techspecs_api_key';

// TechSpecs base https://apis.dashboard.techspecs.io/{techspecs_base}
$techSpecsBase = 'a8TD3mkN49fhg2y';

// Instantiate the Library
$techSpecs = new TechSpecsSDK($techSpecsBase, $techSpecsKey);

// choose between "pretty" or "raw" mode for viewing response
$response = $techSpecs->brands('pretty');

// print the search results
print($response);

List all categories

PHP

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

// Importing the SDK class
use TechSpecsSDK\TechSpecsSDK;

// TechSpecs API Key
$techSpecsKey = 'techspecs_api_key';

// TechSpecs base https://apis.dashboard.techspecs.io/{techspecs_base}
$techSpecsBase = 'a8TD3mkN49fhg2y';
// Instantiate the Library
$techSpecs = new TechSpecsSDK($techSpecsBase, $techSpecsKey);

// choose between "pretty" or "raw" mode for viewing response
$response = $techSpecs->categories('pretty');

// print the list of all categories
print($response);