A Joomla model that gets a file from RackSpace's cloud

gistfile1.php

    function getFile($id_file) {
        
        $fileRecord = $this->getFileRecord($id_file);              
        
        $client = new Rackspace(Rackspace::UK_IDENTITY_ENDPOINT, array( // Note the use of 
            'username' => USER,
            'apiKey'   => PSWD
        ));
        
        // Create a service object to use the object store service. We give it the region name on LON (For London) as this is where are server and cloud files are
        $service = $client->objectStoreService('cloudFiles', 'LON');
        
        // get the document name from the database
        $docType = $this->getDocType($fileRecord->id_doctype);
                
        $container_name = "ddfs_factfinder_{$fileRecord->id_factfind}:{$docType->name}";
                
        try {
            // If container already exists
            $container = $service->getContainer($container_name);             
        } catch (Guzzle\Http\Exception\ClientErrorResponseException $e) {
            // If the container doesn't exist...
            $error_msg = "Container wasn't found."; 
            throw new Exception($error_msg);
        }
    
        $file = $container->getObject($file->file_name);
        
        $doc = new stdClass();
        $doc->name = $fileRecord->file_name;
        $doc->content_type = $file->getContentType();
        $doc->content_body = $file->getContent();        
        
        return $doc;

    }