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Dereckkkk
Dereckkkk

Reputation: 37

How to generate url from API which data is chaning every hour PHP

I have API which changing its data on every hour. Example output:

{"status":true,"hash":"yJscAtmUB0IXz1SZ","link":"https://url.com/video.m3u8","thumbnail":""}

Actually just link is changing on every hour. That link I'am using to stream video via player.js. For example:

mysite.com/watchvideo.php?url=**link-by-api**

I cant figure out how to get the new link which is changing.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 218

Answers (1)

Abolfazl Ghaemi
Abolfazl Ghaemi

Reputation: 454

Solution 1 :

write a php code in your project that checks if it was more that 1 hours , get the new link .

<?php
    $dateTime = strtotime('now'); // Get current time in seconds
    $difference = $dateTime - $updatedTime; // Get Difference Between Right Now And Updated Time
    // $updatedTime is the last time api link is updated 
    // you should store the last updateDate in somewhere ...

    if ($difference >= 3600) { // 3600 seconds = 1 hour
        // Update the api link
    }

Solution 2 :

you can use cron job to run this php file every 1 hour and store the api-link into the database

Upvotes: 1

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