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adam-paterson/watson-visual-recognition
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IBM Watson Visual Recognition

10PHP

Since Oct 6Pushed 8y agoCompare

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IBM Watson - Visual Recognition
===============================

[](#ibm-watson---visual-recognition)

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Install
-------

[](#install)

This library does not impose a specific dependency for sending HTTP requests. Instead we use [HTTPlug](http://httplug.io/) abstraction library to allows to continue using your existing HTTP implementation or use your favoured one.

We also are utilising [PSR-7](http://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-7/) in this library so you will need to install a `psr-7` compatible library such as [`guzzlehttp/psr7`](https://github.com/guzzle/psr7).

We can do this with a one line composer require:

```
$ composer require php-http/curl-client guzzlehttp/psr7 php-http/message adam-paterson/watson-visual-recognition

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Classify Image From Url

[](#classify-image-from-url)

```
use IBM\Watson\VisualRecognition as VisualRecognition;

$visualRecognition = VisualRecognition::create('apiKey');

$classifiers = $visualRecognition->classify('http://www.fillmurray.com/200/500.jpg');
```

Change log
----------

[](#change-log)

Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information on what has changed recently.

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
$ composer test
```

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) and [CONDUCT](CONDUCT.md) for details.

Security
--------

[](#security)

If you discover any security related issues, please email :author\_email instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Adam Paterson](https://github.com/:author_username)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

19

—

LowBetter than 10% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity2

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity43

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

### Community

Maintainers

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