In this recipe, we will quickly look at how you can build an easy webpage using PHP to access the Orchestrator REST API.
We will make our life a bit easier and use a bit of help with PHP and REST. We will use Nate Good's HTTPFUL, which you can find at http://phphttpclient.com/ .
You need to download the following file, httpful.phar
, from his website and place it in the same directory as your script.
You also need a Webserver that uses PHP and has cURL activated. I used LAMP stack from Turnkey https://www.turnkeylinux.org/lampstack . See the There's more section for a fast how-to.
This is a quick intro only:
Edit a file such as
callWorkflow.php
Enter the following code:
<?php include('./httpful.phar'); $usr = '[email protected]'; $pwd = 'What4Ever'; $vroServer = '192.168.220.12:8281'; // Example Workflow "07.01 Access via PowerShell" $wfid = ...