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alexmasterov/oauth2-stackexchange
=================================

The Stack Exchange OAuth 2.0 Client Provider for The PHP League OAuth2-Client

0.1.0(9y ago)21702MITPHP

Since Feb 4Pushed 8y agoCompare

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StackExchange.com Provider for the OAuth 2.0 Client
===================================================

[](#stackexchangecom-provider-for-the-oauth-20-client)

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This package provides [StackExchange.com](https://stackexchange.com) OAuth 2.0 support for the PHP League's [OAuth 2.0 Client](https://github.com/thephpleague/oauth2-client).

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

[](#installation)

The suggested installation method is via [composer](https://getcomposer.org/):

```
composer require alexmasterov/oauth2-stackexchange
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Configuration

[](#configuration)

```
$provider = new AlexMasterov\OAuth2\Client\Provider\StackExchange([
    'clientId'     => '{client_id}',
    'clientSecret' => '{client_secret}',
    'redirectUri'  => '{redirect_uri}',
    'state'        => '{state}',
    'key'          => '{key}',
    'site'         => '{site}',
]);
```

### Authorization

[](#authorization)

```
if (!empty($_GET['error'])) {
    // Got an error, probably user denied access
    exit('Got error: ' . $_GET['error']);
}

if (empty($_GET['code'])) {
    // If we don't have an authorization code then get one
    $provider->authorize();
}

// Try to get an access token (using the authorization code grant)
$token = $provider->getAccessToken('authorization_code', [
    'code' => $_GET['code']
]);

// Optional: Now you have a token you can look up a users profile data
try {
    // We got an access token, let's now get the owner details
    $ownerDetails = $provider->getResourceOwner($token);
} catch (\Exception $e) {
    // Failed to get user details
    exit('Something went wrong: ' . $e->getMessage());
}

// Use this to interact with an API on the users behalf
echo $token->accessToken;
```

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 41% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community7

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3434d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8c3a759788edb549b16d53cc92214268ed89b6dbaa8dfa7025c3b5389bd34edf?d=identicon)[AlexMasterov](/maintainers/AlexMasterov)

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Top Contributors

[![AlexMasterov](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/700213?v=4)](https://github.com/AlexMasterov "AlexMasterov (11 commits)")

---

Tags

league-oauth2oauth2oauth2-provideroauth2-stackexchangeclientAuthenticationoauthoauth2authorizationstackoverflowstackExchange

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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