Error connecting to getstream php - php

Question

I am following the example at https://getstream.io/get_started/?language=php to understand how getstream io works. I ran into an error that got me confused.
require_once './vendor/autoload.php';
$client = new GetStream\Stream\Client('YOUR_API_KEY', 'API_KEY_SECRET');
$chris = $client->feed('user', 'chris');
// I replaced Your api key and api key secret with the one in my dashboard
// Add an activity; message is a custom field - tip: add unlimited custom fields!
$data = array(
"actor" => "chris",
"verb" => "add",
"object" => "picture:10",
"foreign_id" => "picture:10",
"message" => "Beautiful bird. Absolutely beautiful. Phenomenal bird."
);
$chris->addActivity($data);
// jack's 'timeline' feed follows chris' 'user' feed:
$jack = $client->feed('timeline', 'jack');
$jack->followFeed('user', 'chris');
// Read the 'timeline' feed for jack, chris' post will now show up:
$activities = $jack->getActivities(10);
var_dump($activities);
In my composer.json file I did this
"require": {
"get-stream/stream": "2.2.8"
}
I tried the above code on my localhost machine on windows but got this error
Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'GuzzleHttp\ExceptionConnectException' with message 'cURL error 28: Operation timed out after 0 milliseconds with 0 out of 0 bytes received (see http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/libcurl-errors.html)' in C:\xampp\htdocs\CorpersMate\vendor\guzzlehttp\guzzle\src\Handler\CurlFactory.php on line 186
GuzzleHttp\Exception\ConnectException: cURL error 28: Operation timed out after 0 milliseconds with 0 out of 0 bytes received (see http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/libcurl-errors.html) in C:\xampp\htdocs\CorpersMate\vendor\guzzlehttp\guzzle\src\Handler\CurlFactory.php on line 186
any ideas guys?

Answer 1

You should provide guide - we have to register first to get it, it can't happen.
Change second line to
$client = new GetStream\Stream\Client(KEY, SECRET);

Answer 2

I later found a tweak to the problem. The problem is with the guzzle library which is trying to verify my certificate. Because I needed a way to test it on local server before moving to production server, I had to modify the client constructor in the guzzle library and that solved the problem for me.
// file name is Client.php
public function __construct(array $config = ['verify' => false]) {
if (!isset($config['handler'])) {
$config['handler'] = HandlerStack::create();
}
// Convert the base_uri to a UriInterface
if (isset($config['base_uri'])) {
$config['base_uri'] = Psr7\uri_for($config['base_uri']);
}
$this->configureDefaults($config);
}

Answer 3

I'll dig into why this doesn't work on Xampp for you. Can you send us your cURL options, library version, etc.?
In the meantime, based on the workflow you've built:
build a feed for Chris
build an activity and put it on Chris' feed
build a feed for Jack
Jack follows Chris' feed
read Jack's feed and expect to see Chris' activity
... Jack will need to specify a number of activities to copy when following Chris' feed, otherwise Jack will only see updates from that point on; Jack will never see "picture:10" from Chris. There's a third optional parameter you can send through followFeed() that specifies how many items to copy to Jack's feed when you start following:
$jack->followFeed('user', 'chris', 100);
Or you can move step 4 between step 1 and 2. If Jack follows Chris before Chris adds a photo, it should show up on Jack's feed.