Easily Test API V1 Magento

When you have got to test your Magento API Methods, it can be complicated. One day, I had to create/modify API method on Magento, these methods were used on iPad. Without an iPad, I create a little script in order to simulate API calls.

First, create an user on Magento Admin Panel :
System -> Webservices -> Users
System -> Webservices -> Roles

After, create a PHP file on your local server (I put it on the root with the name “webservicesV1.php”) :

<h1>Webservice Test</h1>
<?php
ini_set('display_errors', 1);
error_reporting(E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE);
if(!empty($_POST['login']) && !empty($_POST['mdp']) && !empty($_POST['fonction'])){
	$client = new SoapClient('http://www.mysite.com/api/?wsdl=1');
	$session = $client->login($_POST['login'], $_POST['mdp']);
	if(empty($_POST['params'])){
		$result = $client->call($session, $_POST['fonction']); // he we execute the command using that data we provided
	} else {
		$params = explode('|',$_POST['params']);
		$result = $client->call($session, $_POST['fonction'], $params); // he we execute the command using that data we provided
	}
	print '<div style="padding:10px;background:#D1D1D1;margin-left:20px;margin-right:20px;margin-bottom:10px;">';
	print 'Command Result <b>'.$_POST['fonction'].'</b><br />';
	print 'Parameters : <b>'.str_replace('|',', ',$_POST['params']).'</b><br />';
	print '<pre>';
	print_r($result);
	print '</pre>';
	print '</div>';
	$client->endSession($session);
}
?>
<fieldset style="margin-left:20px;margin-right:20px;">
	<legend>Informations</legend>
	<form action="webservicesV1.php" method="post">
		Login* : <input type="text" name="login" value="<?php echo $_POST['login'] ?>"/><br />
		Password* : <input type="password" name="mdp" value="<?php echo $_POST['mdp'] ?>" /><br />
		Method* : <input type="text" name="fonction" value="<?php echo $_POST['fonction'] ?>" /><br />
		Parameter(s) : <input type="text" name="params"  value="<?php echo $_POST['params'] ?>" /> (Separator : "|")<br />
		<input type="submit" value="Testing !" />
	</form>
</fieldset>

For security, this script is on my local server, the most important is to call the right webservice :

new SoapClient('http://www.mysite.com/api/?wsdl=1');

You put your login, password, the function to execute, parameters if exists. If you’ve got many parameters, use “|” separator each one.