vscc_acalog.module

<?php
  
// private API key from Acalog
const API_KEY = 'XXXXXXXXXXXX';

// gets the current catalog ID from Acalog
function getCatalogID() {
  
  //return 24;    // hardcode the catalogID

  // query Acalog to get the ID of the current catalog
  $request_url = 'http://volstate.apis.acalog.com/v1/content?key=' . API_KEY . '&format=xml&method=getCatalogs';
  $client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();
  
  try {
  
    $response = $client->request('GET', $request_url, [
        'headers' => ['Accept' => 'application/xml'],
        'connect_timeout' => 5
    ])->getBody()->getContents();
  
    $xml = simplexml_load_string($response);
    foreach ($xml->catalog[0]->attributes() as $a => $b) {    
      $catalogID = str_replace('acalog-catalog-','',$b);
    }
  
  // error connecting to Acalog
  } catch (RequestException $e) {
    $catalogID = 0;
  }

  return $catalogID;

}

// use custom Twig template to display Degrees & Certificates Block
function vscc_acalog_theme($existing, $type, $theme, $path){
  return [
    'vscc_acalog' =>
    array(
      'variables' => array(
        'title' => 'Degrees & Certificates',
        'markup' => null,
        'catalogID' => null,
        'degrees' => null,
        'programs' => null,
        ), 
        'template' => 'block--DegreesBlock'
      ),
    'vscc_program' =>
    array(
      'variables' => array(
        'markup' => null,
        'catalogID' => null,
        'programID' => null,
        ), 
        'template' => 'block--ProgramBlock'
      ),
    'vscc_alpha' =>
    array(
      'variables' => array(
        'markup' => null,
        'catalogID' => null,
        'programs' => null,
        ), 
        'template' => 'block--AlphaBlock'
      )

    ];
}