From a94a9afdcc7e621a2840e7e9455e9a3e9aa066b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Franz Liedke <franz@develophp.org>
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2015 02:39:01 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Create an API client class.

This should make it easier to make API calls from the frontends.
---
 src/Api/Client.php | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/Api/Client.php

diff --git a/src/Api/Client.php b/src/Api/Client.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6ef31b6d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Api/Client.php
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Flarum\Api;
+
+use Flarum\Support\Actor;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Container\Container;
+
+class Client
+{
+    protected $container;
+
+    protected $actor;
+
+    public function __construct(Container $container, Actor $actor)
+    {
+        $this->container = $container;
+        $this->actor = $actor;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Execute the given API action class, pass the input and return its response.
+     *
+     * @param string $actionClass
+     * @param array $input
+     * @return object
+     */
+    public function send($actionClass, array $input = [])
+    {
+        /** @var \Flarum\Api\Actions\JsonApiAction $action */
+        $action = $this->container->make($actionClass);
+
+        $response = $action->handle(new Request($input, $this->actor));
+
+        return json_decode($response->getBody());
+    }
+}