Symfony2 - How to perform an external Request

Question

Using Symfony2, I need to access an external API based on HTTPS.

How can I call an external URI and manage the response to \"play\" with it. For example, to render a

Answer 1

https://github.com/sensio/SensioBuzzBundle seems to be what you are looking for.

It implements the Kris Wallsmith buzz library to perform HTTP requests.

I'll let you read the doc on the github page, usage is pretty basic:

$buzz = $this->container->get('buzz');

$response = $buzz->get('http://google.com');

echo $response->getContent();