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alanly/picnik
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A modern, Composer and PSR-4 compatible PHP library for interfacing with the Wordnik API.

v0.1.5(11y ago)0797[3 issues](https://github.com/alanly/picnik/issues)MITPHPPHP >=5.4

Since Dec 20Pushed 11y agoCompare

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Picnik
======

[](#picnik)

[![](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/2cb411fcfd8134592531c21b7e097040f40d30ea92010d5cda4072ef1a6bb7c0/68747470733a2f2f6170692e7472617669732d63692e6f72672f616c616e6c792f7069636e696b2e737667)](https://travis-ci.org/alanly/picnik)

Picnik is a simple PHP client for the [Wordnik API](http://developer.wordnik.com/), that is Composer and PSR-4 compatible.

Its only dependencies are the GuzzleHttp client and PHP >= 5.4.

API Coverage
------------

[](#api-coverage)

The initial goal is to support the `word` selection of methods.

Currently, the `/word.json/{word}` and `/word.json/{word}/definitions` API methods are implemented.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

In order to use the client, you will first need to obtain an API key from [Wordnik](http://developer.wordnik.com/).

The client is pretty simple to use,

```
$client = new Picnik\Client;
$client->setApiKey('foobar');

$definitions = $client->wordDefinitions('cat')
                      ->limit(1)
                      ->includeRelated(false)
                      ->useCanonical(true)
                      ->get();

var_dump( count($definitions) );
// int(1)

var_dump( $definitions[0]->text )
// string(189) "A small carnivorous mammal (Felis catus or F. domesticus)
// domesticated since early times as a catcher of rats and mice and as a pet
// and existing in several distinctive breeds and varieties."
```

License
-------

[](#license)

This library is released under the MIT license. For details, you can refer to the [full license](LICENSE.md) document.

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity53

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.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~3 days

Total

6

Last Release

4150d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

[![alanly](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1526057?v=4)](https://github.com/alanly "alanly (51 commits)")

###  Code Quality

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