/**
* Performs an API request from the given request API parameters and returns the result as associative array.
*
* @param string $strType The return type, either 'array', 'json'
*/
public function request(array $arrParams, $strLocale = '', $intCacheDuration = 3600, $strType = 'array', $intTimeout = 20, $intRedirection = 5, $strHeaders = '', $strUserAgent = '')
{
// Arguments
$arrHTTPArgs = array('timeout' => $intTimeout, 'redirection' => $intRedirection, 'sslverify' => $this->strScheme == 'https' ? false : true, 'headers' => !empty($strHeaders) ? $strHeaders : null, 'user-agent' => $strUserAgent ? $strUserAgent : $this->strUserAgent);
$arrHTTPArgs = array_filter($arrHTTPArgs);
// drop non value elements.
// Request
$vResponse = $this->requestWithCache($this->getSignedRequestURI($arrParams, $strLocale), $arrHTTPArgs, $arrParams, $intCacheDuration, $strLocale ? $strLocale : $this->strLocale);
// If an error occurs,
if (!is_string($vResponse)) {
return $vResponse;
}
$_sXMLResponse = $vResponse;
// It returns a string if it's not a valid XML content.
$_osXML = AmazonAutoLinks_Utilities::getXMLObject($_sXMLResponse);
if (is_string($_osXML)) {
return array('Error' => array('Message' => $_osXML, 'Code' => 'Invalid XML'));
// compose an error array.
}
// Return the result with the specified type.
if ($strType == 'xml') {
return $_sXMLResponse;
}
if ($strType == 'array') {
return AmazonAutoLinks_Utilities::convertXMLtoArray($_osXML);
}
if ($strType == 'json') {
return AmazonAutoLinks_Utilities::convertXMLtoJSON($_osXML);
}
}
