Laravel UiTdatabank Client

A fluent Laravel client for UiTdatabank APIs.

Current module support:

• Search API (available now)

Search endpoints currently supported:

• GET /offers
• GET /events
• GET /places
• GET /organizers

Roadmap

• Search API
• Taxonomy API (GET /terms)
• Entry API

Features

• Laravel service provider + facade auto-discovery
• Fluent query builder (newQuery()->q()->limit()->where()->get())
• Typed DTO responses (SearchResultData, SearchItemData)
• Config-based credentials (x-client-id + x-api-key)
• Runtime credential override for multi-tenant scenarios
• Problem+JSON exception mapping

Installation

composer require andyfraussen/laravel-uitdatabank-client

Requirements

• PHP 8.3+
• Laravel 12

Publish the config file:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="AndyFraussen\UiTdatabankClient\UiTdatabankServiceProvider" --tag="uitdatabank-config"

Configuration

Set credentials in .env:

UITDATABANK_ENV=testing
UITDATABANK_CLIENT_ID=your-client-id
UITDATABANK_API_KEY=your-api-key
UITDATABANK_TIMEOUT=30
UITDATABANK_RETRY_TIMES=3
UITDATABANK_RETRY_SLEEP=100

# Optional: override the Taxonomy API base URL (defaults to https://taxonomy.uitdatabank.be)
UITDATABANK_TAXONOMY_URL=https://taxonomy.uitdatabank.be

Available environments:

• testing -> https://search-test.uitdatabank.be
• production -> https://search.uitdatabank.be

Usage

Basic search

use AndyFraussen\UiTdatabankClient\Facades\UiTdatabank;

$result = UiTdatabank::events()->search([
    'q' => 'brussel',
    'limit' => 10,
]);

$total = $result->totalItems;
$items = $result->member;

Fluent query builder

$result = UiTdatabank::offers()
    ->newQuery()
    ->q('muziek')
    ->limit(20)
    ->start(0)
    ->embed(['location', 'organizer'])
    ->where('sort[created]', 'desc')
    ->get();

Taxonomy

$terms = UiTdatabank::taxonomy()->terms();

foreach ($terms->terms as $term) {
    echo $term->name->nl; // e.g. "Concert"
}

Runtime credential override

$result = UiTdatabank::withCredentials($clientId, $apiKey)
    ->places()
    ->search(['q' => 'gent', 'limit' => 5]);

Response DTOs

SearchResultData contains:

• context (@context)
• type (@type)
• itemsPerPage
• totalItems
• member (array of SearchItemData)
• raw (original response array)

SearchItemData contains:

• id (@id)
• type (@type)
• raw (original item payload)

Error handling

Non-2xx responses throw package exceptions:

• AuthenticationException (401)
• AuthorizationException (403)
• NotFoundException (404)
• DuplicateException (409, when applicable)
• ValidationException (400 validation problem types)
• Fallback: UiTdatabankException

use AndyFraussen\UiTdatabankClient\Exceptions\AuthenticationException;

try {
    $result = UiTdatabank::events()->search(['q' => 'antwerpen']);
} catch (AuthenticationException $e) {
    report($e);
}

Testing

composer test

License

The MIT License (MIT). See LICENSE.md.