PHP Panopto API client and libraries.

This is PHP5 implementation of Panopto v4.6 API. It contains client class for accessing Panopto API public webservices and corresponding libarary classes for performing the API calls. The client is composer/autoload friendly.

All public Panopto v4.6 API webservices are supported, i.e. AccessManagement, Auth, RemoteRecorderManagement, SessionManagement, UsageReporting and UserManagement.

Features

• Includes types classes.
• Identity Provider authentication support.
• Follows PSR-4 conventions and autoload friendly.
• Provides client class for simplifying individual webservices access
• Provides script for generating library classes for custom host/version.

API documentation

Use web or standalone version of documentation published on its offical website: https://support.panopto.com/articles/Documentation/api-0

Including library using autoload

php-panopto-api is using Composer. This is the most convenient way to start using it in your project.

If you are starting from scratch, download composer first:

$ curl -s http://getcomposer.org/installer | php

Then run the command to require the library:

$ php composer.phar require lucisgit/php-panopto-api

At this stage you should be able to include the library in your project:

<?php

// This file is generated by Composer
require_once 'vendor/autoload.php';

Including library directly

Alternatively, you may clone/download content of php-panopto-api repo and place in in subdirectory of your project. In this case you may include library directly:

<?php

// php-panopto-api content has been placed in `lib/panopto` sub-directory.
require_once(dirname(__FILE__) . "/lib/panopto/lib/Client.php");

Usage

Using client class instance simplifies accessing Panopto webservices and authentication process. At minimum, you need to know your server hostname and user credentials. Depending on the type of call you want to make, your user may require specific role. Check API documentation for details.

<?php

// This file is generated by Composer
require_once 'vendor/autoload.php';

// Create client instance for my.panopto.host.
$panoptoclient = new \Panopto\Client('my.panopto.host');
// Create AuthenticationInfo instance with user crdentials.
$panoptoclient->setAuthenticationInfo('username', 'userpassword');

// Get AuthenticationInfo instance for using in calls.
$auth = $panoptoclient->getAuthenticationInfo();

// For example, get RemoteRecorderManagement webservice instance for
// accessing its methods.
$rrmclient = $panoptoclient->RemoteRecorderManagement();

// Let's list recorders for this simple example. According to API docs we need
// Pagination instance.
$page = 1;
$perpage = 10;
$pagination = new \Panopto\RemoteRecorderManagement\Pagination();
$pagination->setPageNumber($page);
$pagination->setMaxNumberResults($perpage);

// Prepare ListRecorders parameter instance, sort recorders by 'Name'.
$param = new \Panopto\RemoteRecorderManagement\ListRecorders($auth, $pagination, 'Name');

// Perform API call, this return value of ListRecordersResponse type.
try {
    $recorderslist = $rrmclient->ListRecorders($param)->getListRecordersResult();
} catch(Exception $e) {
    throw new SoapFault('client', $e->getMessage());
}

echo "Total recorders count: " . $recorderslist->TotalResultCount;

// Iterate through the list of recorders, each recorder is represented as
// RemoteRecorder type, see API docs for supported properties.
$recorders = $recorderslist->PagedResults->getRemoteRecorder();
foreach($recorders as $recorder) {
    echo "Recorder name: " . $recorder->getName();
    echo "Recorder IP: " . $recorder->getMachineIP();

    // Get devices, each device is represented as RemoteRecorderDevice type,
    // see API docs for supported properties.
    $devices = $recorder->getDevices()->getRemoteRecorderDevice();
    foreach($devices as $device) {
        echo "Device: " . $device->getDeviceType() . ': ' . $device->getName();
    }
}

You can find some other examples how client can be used in the examples directory.

Authentication using Application Key

You can create AuthenticationInfo instance using Application Key value from Identity Provider setting in Panopto. You do not need a password in this case, however the username needs to be preceed with corresponding Instance Name, e.g. MyInstanceName\username. It makes sense to use this feature where the client is used in the application that supposed to be linked to Panopto.

// Create client instance for my.panopto.host.
$panoptoclient = new \Panopto\Client('my.panopto.host');

// Create AuthenticationInfo instance with user crdentials.
$panoptoclient->setAuthenticationInfo('MyInstanceName\username', '', '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000');

// Get AuthenticationInfo instance for using in calls.
$auth = $panoptoclient->getAuthenticationInfo();

Building custom library classes

The repo includes script for generating library classes using wsdl2phpgenerator converter and Panopto WSDL interface endpoints. This can be used for making library up to date with upstream changes or generating classes for the host-specific API version.

How to setup

You need a clone of this repo and install dependencies using Composer first.

$ pwd
/home/user/git
$ git clone https://github.com/lucisgit/php-panopto-api.git
Cloning into 'php-panopto-api'...
remote: Counting objects: 368, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (5/5), done.
remote: Total 368 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 363
Receiving objects: 100% (368/368), 104.24 KiB | 0 bytes/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (238/238), done.
Checking connectivity... done.
$ cd php-panopto-api
$ curl -s http://getcomposer.org/installer | php
All settings correct for using Composer
Downloading...

Composer (version 1.4.1) successfully installed to: /home/ruslan/git/php-panopto-api/composer.phar
Use it: php composer.phar

$ php composer.phar install
Loading composer repositories with package information
Installing dependencies (including require-dev) from lock file
Package operations: 3 installs, 0 updates, 0 removals
  - Installing symfony/polyfill-iconv (v1.3.0): Loading from cache
  - Installing symfony/options-resolver (v3.2.6): Loading from cache
  - Installing wsdl2phpgenerator/wsdl2phpgenerator (3.4.0): Loading from cache
Generating autoload files

How to use

By default, the script is using demo.hosted.panopto.com and version 4.6, but you can specify alternative host/version for your own needs (run command with -h parameter for usage details).

$ php generate_phpclasses.php
Using https://demo.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/PublicAPI/4.6/ for webservices interface.
Generating \Panopto\AccessManagement classes...
Generating \Panopto\Auth classes...
Generating \Panopto\RemoteRecorderManagement classes...
Generating \Panopto\SessionManagement classes...
Generating \Panopto\UsageReporting classes...
Generating \Panopto\UserManagement classes...

PHP classess have been generated from Panopto API WSDL. Use /home/user/git/php-panopto-api/lib/Panopto/PublicAPI/4.6/<webservice>/autoload.php in your project.