Code Samples

Below are some code examples to help you get started with using our API. All sample code and information are provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and/or fitness for a particular purpose.

PHP

Authenticating + list of animals with no filters.

<?php
$headers = array("content-type:application/json");
$shelterbuddyUrl = "https://mysite.shelterbuddy.com";
$username = urlencode("my@username");
$password = urlencode("myS3ecureP@ssw@rd");

$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers); 
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $shelterbuddyUrl . sprintf("/api/v2/authenticate?username=%s&password=%s", $username, $password)); 
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
$result = curl_exec($ch); 

$authToken = json_decode($result); 
array_push($headers, sprintf("sb-auth-token:%s", $authToken));

$ch = curl_init(); 
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers); 
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $shelterbuddyUrl . sprintf("/api/v2/animal/list?PageSize=%s", 1)); 
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1); 
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "{ }");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);

$result = curl_exec($ch); 
$result = json_decode($result);
var_dump($result);
?>

Open Source Software

The below link is a project that enables developers to cache the ShelterBuddy API on AWS for improved performance, if you use this share some love with alexramos1.

https://github.com/alexramos1/shelterbuddy-api-accelerator/

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