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animelist/mal-api
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MyAnimeList.net (un)official API

1.0.2(9y ago)1285BSD-3-ClausePHPPHP >=5.5.0

Since Nov 20Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

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MAL-api
=======

[](#mal-api)

Anime API for MyAnimeList.net written in PHP

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

[](#installation)

```
$ composer require animelist/mal-api
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Obtain anime information:

```
require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';
$api = new MalApi\Api;
$url = 'https://myanimelist.net/anime/1/Cowboy_Bebop';
$anime = $api->getAnime($url);
echo 'Anime id: ' . $anime->getExternalId() . '';
var_dump($anime);
```

Add and update:

```
require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';
$api = new MalApi\Api;
$api->setAuth('user', 'password');
$api->add(['id' => 1, 'status' => $api::STATUS_PLAN_TO_WATCH]);
$api->update(['id' => 1, 'status' => $api::STATUS_WATCHING, 'episode' => 1]);
```

Delete:

```
require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';
$api = new MalApi\Api;
$api->setAuth('user', 'password');
$api->delete(1);
```

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community4

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

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

3

Last Release

3456d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Tags

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