json_source.php

<?php

// CORE/app/models/datasources/json_source.php

/**
 * JSON Source module for CakePHP.
 * 
 * @package cake
 */
 
App::import('Core', 'HttpSocket');


class JsonSource extends DataSource {

/**
 * General schema for datasource to recognise
 *
 * @var array
 * @access protected
 */
	protected $_schema = array(
		'users' => array(
			'id' => array(
				'type' => 'integer',
				'null' => true,
				'key' => 'primary',
				'length' => 11
			),
			'email' => array(
				'type' => 'string',
				'length' => 64
			),
			'password' => array(
				'type' => 'string',
			),
			'firstname' => array(
				'type' => 'string'
			)
		)
	);

/**
 * Connection
 *
 * @var object
 * @access protected
 */
	protected $connection = null;

/**
 * Constructor
 * 
 * @param array $config The configuration array passed from the creating function
 * @access public
 */
	public function __construct($config) {
		$host = $config['host'];
		$this->connection = new HttpSocket("{$host}");
		parent::__construct($config);
	}

/**
 * Check whether we have an established connection to the server
 *
 * @access public
 * @return boolean True if connection exists
 */
	public function isConnected() {
		return $this->connection !== null;
	}
/**
 * List the possible 'database' names we can use
 * @access public
 * @return array Source list
 */
	public function listSources() {
		return array('users');
	}

/**
 * Read function used by find queries
 *
 * @param $model string Model to search from
 * @param $queryData array Conditions and other items
 * @access public
 * @return array Found results
 */
	public function read($model, $queryData = array()) {

		$url = "/readers/login/";
		$queryData = $this->_userToReader($this->_conditionsToArray($queryData));

		$result = $this->connection->post(
			$url, 
			json_encode($queryData), 
			array(
				'header' => array(
					'Content-Type' => 'application/json', 
					'User-Agent' => 'Ekspress JSON DataSource'
				)
			)
		);

		if(empty($result) || $result == 'false') {
			return false;
		}

		$response = $this->_readerToUser(json_decode($result, true));

		return array('0' =>$response);
	}

/**
 * Internal function to convert User array (our model uses User for authentication)
 * to Reader array (what the model in the webservice uses)
 *
 * @param $queryData array Passed query information
 * @access private
 * @return array Parsed query data
 */
	function _userToReader($queryData) {
		foreach($queryData as $key => $value) {
			if($key == "User") {
				$newkey = "Reader";
				$queryData[$newkey] = $value;
				unset($queryData[$key]);
			}
		}
		return $queryData;
	}

/**
 * Internal function to convert Reader array (the one webservice uses) into
 * User array (the one we use for authentication)
 * 
 * @param $response array Passed response data
 * @access private
 * @return array Parsed response data
 */
	function _readerToUser($response) {
		foreach($response as $key => $value) {
			if($key == "Reader") {
				$newkey = "User";
				$response[$newkey] = $value;
				unset($response[$key]);
			}
		}
		return $response;
	}

/**
 * Parses conditions into actual usable array
 *
 * @param $data array Passed conditions
 * @access private
 * @return array Parsed condition data
 */
	function _conditionsToArray($data) {
		$result = array();
		foreach($data['conditions'] as $key => $value) {
			$keys = explode('.', $key);	
			$result[$keys[0]][$keys[1]] = $value;
		}
		return $result;
	}

	public function describe($model) {
		return $this->_schema['users'];
	}


}