Hello! Thank you for choosing to help contribute to one of the SendGrid open source projects. There are many ways you can contribute and help is always welcome. We simply ask that you follow the following contribution policies.
- [CLAs and CCLAs](#cla)
- [Roadmap & Milestones](#roadmap)
- [Feature Request](#feature-request)
- [Submit a Bug Report](#submit-a-bug-report)
- [Improvements to the Codebase](#improvements-to-the-codebase)
- [Understanding the Code Base](#understanding-the-codebase)
- [Testing](#testing)
- [Style Guidelines & Naming Conventions](#style-guidelines-and-naming-conventions)
- [Creating a Pull Request](#creating-a-pull-request)
- [Code Reviews](#code-reviews)
We use [Milestones](https://github.com/sendgrid/php-http-client/milestones) to help define current roadmaps, please feel free to grab an issue from the current milestone. Please indicate that you have begun work on it to avoid collisions. Once a PR is made, community review, comments, suggestions and additional PRs are welcomed and encouraged.
## CLAs and CCLAs
Before you get started, SendGrid requires that a SendGrid Contributor License Agreement (CLA) be filled out by every contributor to a SendGrid open source project.
Our goal with the CLA is to clarify the rights of our contributors and reduce other risks arising from inappropriate contributions. The CLA also clarifies the rights SendGrid holds in each contribution and helps to avoid misunderstandings over what rights each contributor is required to grant to SendGrid when making a contribution. In this way the CLA encourages broad participation by our open source community and helps us build strong open source projects, free from any individual contributor withholding or revoking rights to any contribution.
SendGrid does not merge a pull request made against a SendGrid open source project until that pull request is associated with a signed CLA. Copies of the CLA are available [here](https://gist.github.com/SendGridDX/98b42c0a5d500058357b80278fde3be8#file-sendgrid_cla).
When you create a Pull Request, after a few seconds, a comment will appear with a link to the CLA. Click the link and fill out the brief form and then click the "I agree" button and you are all set. You will not be asked to re-sign the CLA unless we make a change.
There are a few ways to contribute, which we'll enumerate below:
## Feature Request
If you'd like to make a feature request, please read this section.
The GitHub issue tracker is the preferred channel for library feature requests, but please respect the following restrictions:
- Please **search for existing issues** in order to ensure we don't have duplicate bugs/feature requests.
- Please be respectful and considerate of others when commenting on issues
## Submit a Bug Report
Note: DO NOT include your credentials in ANY code examples, descriptions, or media you make public.
A software bug is a demonstrable issue in the code base. In order for us to diagnose the issue and respond as quickly as possible, please add as much detail as possible into your bug report.
Before you decide to create a new issue, please try the following:
1. Check the Github issues tab if the identified issue has already been reported, if so, please add a +1 to the existing post.
2. Update to the latest version of this code and check if issue has already been fixed
3. Copy and fill in the Bug Report Template we have provided below
### Please use our Bug Report Template
In order to make the process easier, we've included a [sample bug report template](https://github.com/sendgrid/php-http-client/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE) (borrowed from [Ghost](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/)). The template uses [GitHub flavored markdown](https://help.github.com/articles/github-flavored-markdown/) for formatting.
## Improvements to the Codebase
We welcome direct contributions to the php-http-client code base. Thank you!
### Development Environment ###
#### Install and Run Locally ####
##### Prerequisites #####
- PHP 5.6 or 7.0
- [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/)
##### Initial setup: #####
```bash
git clone https://github.com/sendgrid/php-http-client.git
cd php-http-client
```
### Environment Variables
First, get your free SendGrid account [here](https://sendgrid.com/free?source=php-http-client).
Next, update your environment with your [SENDGRID_API_KEY](https://app.sendgrid.com/settings/api_keys).
```bash
echo "export SENDGRID_API_KEY='YOUR_API_KEY'" > sendgrid.env
echo "sendgrid.env" >> .gitignore
source ./sendgrid.env
```
##### Execute: #####
See the [examples folder](https://github.com/sendgrid/php-http-client/tree/master/examples).
## Understanding the Code Base
**/examples**
Working examples that demonstrate usage.
**/test/unit**
Unit tests.
**/lib/SendGrid/Client.php**
An HTTP client with a fluent interface using method chaining and reflection. By returning self on [__call](https://github.com/sendgrid/php-http-client/blob/master/lib/client.php#L212) and [_()](https://github.com/sendgrid/php-http-client/blob/master/lib/client.pph#L198), we can dynamically build the URL using method chaining and [__call](https://github.com/sendgrid/php-http-client/blob/master/lib/client.php#L212) allows us to dynamically receive the method calls to achieve reflection.
This allows for the following mapping from a URL to a method chain:
`/api_client/{api_key_id}/version` maps to `client->api_client().->_($api_key_id)->version->