Get response of google indexing api in codeigniter - php

Question

I am trying to setup google indexing api in codeigniter, I have done all steps on google cloud and search console part.
It works, but returning success message on all options event when url is not submited, that is why I want to get exact response from google instead of a created success message.
How can I display exact response from google return $stringBody;? or check for the correct response ?
Here is my controller :
namespace App\Controllers;
use App\Models\LanguageModel;
use App\Models\IndexingModel;
class IndexingController extends BaseController
{
public function initController(\CodeIgniter\HTTP\RequestInterface $request, \CodeIgniter\HTTP\ResponseInterface $response, \Psr\Log\LoggerInterface $logger)
{
parent::initController($request, $response, $logger);
$this->indexingModel = new IndexingModel();
}
public function GoogleUrl()
{
checkPermission('indexing_api');
$data['title'] = trans("indexing_api");
$data["selectedLangId"] = inputGet('lang');
if (empty($data["selectedLangId"])) {
$data["selectedLangId"] = $this->activeLang->id;
}
echo view('admin/includes/_header', $data);
echo view('admin/indexing_api', $data);
echo view('admin/includes/_footer');
}
/**
* indexing Tools Post
*/
public function indexingToolsPost()
{
checkPermission('indexing_api');
$slug = inputPost('slug');
$urltype = inputPost('urltype');
$val = \Config\Services::validation();
$val->setRule('slug', trans("slug"), 'required|max_length[500]');
if (!$this->validate(getValRules($val))) {
$this->session->setFlashdata('errors', $val->getErrors());
return redirect()->to(adminUrl('indexing_api?slug=' . cleanStr($slug)))->withInput();
} else {
$this->indexingModel->AddUrlToGoogle($slug, $urltype);
$this->session->setFlashdata('success', trans("msg_added"));
resetCacheDataOnChange();
return redirect()->to(adminUrl('indexing_api?slug=' . cleanStr($slug)));
}
$this->session->setFlashdata('error', trans("msg_error"));
return redirect()->to(adminUrl('indexing_api?slug=' . cleanStr($slug)))->withInput();
}
}
And This is my model :
namespace App\Models;
use CodeIgniter\Model;
use Google_Client;
class IndexingModel extends BaseModel {
public function AddUrlToGoogle($google_url, $Urltype){
require_once APPPATH . 'ThirdParty/google-api-php-client/vendor/autoload.php';
$client = new Google_Client();
$client->setAuthConfig(APPPATH . 'ThirdParty/google-api-php-client/xxxxxxxxx.json');
$client->addScope('https://www.googleapis.com/auth/indexing');
$httpClient = $client->authorize();
$endpoint = 'https://indexing.googleapis.com/v3/urlNotifications:publish';
$array = ['url' => $google_url, 'type' => $Urltype];
$content = json_encode($array);
$response = $httpClient->post($endpoint,['body' => $content]);
$body = $response->getBody();
$stringBody = (string)$body;
return $stringBody;
}
public function AddUrlToBing($google_url, $Urltype){
}
public function AddUrlToYandex($google_url, $Urltype){
}
}
This is a success response when I try it out of codeigniter and print_r($stringBody);
{ "urlNotificationMetadata": { "url": "https://example.com/some-text", "latestUpdate": { "url": "https://example.com/some-text", "type": "URL_UPDATED", "notifyTime": "2023-01-29T01:51:13.140372319Z" } } }
And this is an error response :
{ "error": { "code": 400, "message": "Unknown notification type. 'type' attribute is required.", "status": "INVALID_ARGUMENT" } }
But In codeigniter I get a text message "url submited" even if url not submited.

Answer 1

Currently you are not handling the actual response of IndexingModel->AddUrlToGoogle(). It seems your code has a validation before, so it claims, if no validation error occurs, its always a success.
So the first question to ask is, why your validation is not working here - or is it?
Secondly you could handle the actual response in any case:
IndexingController
class IndexingController extends BaseController
public function indexingToolsPost()
{
if (!$this->validate(getValRules($val))) {
// validation error
$this->session->setFlashdata('errors', $val->getErrors());
return redirect()->to(adminUrl('indexing_api?slug=' . cleanStr($slug)))->withInput();
} else {
// no validation error
$apiResponseBody = $this->indexingModel->AddUrlToGoogle($slug, $urltype);
if(array_key_exists('error', $apiResponseBody)) {
// its an error!
// either set the actual messsage
$this->session->setFlashdata('error', $apiResponseBody['error']['message']);
// OR translate it
$this->session->setFlashdata('error', trans($apiResponseBody['error']['message']));
} else {
// Its a success!
$this->session->setFlashdata('success', trans("msg_added"));
}
// ...
}
return redirect()->to(adminUrl('indexing_api?slug=' . cleanStr($slug)))->withInput();
}
And in the model, return the response as an array:
IndexingModel
public function AddUrlToGoogle($google_url, $Urltype) {
// ...
$response = $httpClient->post($endpoint,['body' => $content]);
return json_decode($response->getBody() ?? '', true); // return an array
}