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viavario/ecadclient
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A PHP client for searching Belgian healthcare professionals by their name.

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viavario/ecadclient
===================

[](#viavarioecadclient)

A lightweight PHP client for searching Belgian healthcare professionals via the public eCad API.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP `^7.4 | ^8.0`
- Extensions: `ext-curl`, `ext-dom`
- `psr/simple-cache` (installed automatically via Composer)

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require viavario/ecadclient
```

What this library does
----------------------

[](#what-this-library-does)

### `EcadClient`

[](#ecadclient)

`EcadClient` is responsible for:

- retrieving professions (`getProfessions()`)
- retrieving disciplines (`getDisciplines()`)
- searching healthcare professionals by name and optional filters (`search()`)
- optional caching (PSR-16 `CacheInterface`)

It communicates with:

- `https://apps.health.belgium.be/ecad-public-search-rs/professionals`
- `https://apps.health.belgium.be/ecad-public-search-rs/ref-data/professions`
- `https://apps.health.belgium.be/ecad-public-search-rs/ref-data/disciplines`

### Data objects

[](#data-objects)

The client maps API responses to:

- `EcadResult`
- `EcadProfession`
- `EcadDiscipline`

Each provides a `toArray()` method for easier export/serialization.

### Optional file-based cache

[](#optional-file-based-cache)

This package includes `viavario\ecadclient\Cache\FileCache`, a simple PSR-16 file cache implementation.

You can pass any PSR-16 cache to `EcadClient`, including this one.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Basic search

[](#basic-search)

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