# Google Apps Chat for PHP

> Idiomatic PHP client for [Google Apps Chat](https://developers.google.com/chat/concepts).

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* [API documentation](https://cloud.google.com/php/docs/reference/chat/latest)

**NOTE:** This repository is part of [Google Cloud PHP](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-php). Any
support requests, bug reports, or development contributions should be directed to
that project.

### Installation

To begin, install the preferred dependency manager for PHP, [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/).

Now, install this component:

```sh
$ composer require google/apps-chat
```

> Browse the complete list of [Google Cloud APIs](https://cloud.google.com/php/docs/reference)
> for PHP

This component supports both REST over HTTP/1.1 and gRPC. In order to take advantage of the benefits
offered by gRPC (such as streaming methods) please see our
[gRPC installation guide](https://cloud.google.com/php/grpc).

### Authentication

Please see our [Authentication guide](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-php/blob/main/AUTHENTICATION.md) for more information
on authenticating your client. Once authenticated, you'll be ready to start making requests.

### Sample

```php
Google\ApiCore\ApiException;
Google\Apps\Chat\V1\Attachment;
Google\Apps\Chat\V1\Client\ChatServiceClient;
Google\Apps\Chat\V1\GetAttachmentRequest;

// Create a client.
$chatServiceClient = new ChatServiceClient();

// Prepare the request message.
$request = (new GetAttachmentRequest())
    ->setName($formattedName);

// Call the API and handle any network failures.
try {
    /** @var Attachment $response */
    $response = $chatServiceClient->getAttachment($request);
    printf('Response data: %s' . PHP_EOL, $response->serializeToJsonString());
} catch (ApiException $ex) {
    printf('Call failed with message: %s' . PHP_EOL, $ex->getMessage());
}
```

See the [samples directory](https://github.com/googleapis/php-chat/tree/main/samples) for a canonical list of samples.

### Debugging

Please see our [Debugging guide](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-php/blob/main/DEBUG.md)
for more information about the debugging tools.

### Version

This component is considered alpha. As such, it is still a work-in-progress and is more likely to get backwards-incompatible updates.

### Next Steps

1. Understand the [official documentation](https://developers.google.com/chat/concepts).