protected static function getService($url, $banExpression) { // prepare API call $service = new RestfulService($url, 0); // set basic auth $username = Config::inst()->get('SectionIO', 'username'); $password = Config::inst()->get('SectionIO', 'password'); $service->basicAuth($username, $password); // set query string (ban expression) $service->setQueryString(array('banExpression' => $banExpression)); return $service; }