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askancy/howlongtobeat
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A PHP wrapper to fetch data from howlongtobeat.com with dynamic API key extraction

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🎮 HowLongToBeat PHP Wrapper
===========================

[](#-howlongtobeat-php-wrapper)

> A modern PHP wrapper to fetch game duration data from [HowLongToBeat.com](https://howlongtobeat.com)
> Perfect for gaming apps, backlog tools, or completionist dashboards.

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---

✨ Features
----------

[](#-features)

- 🔍 Search games by title
- ⏱ Get main/extra/completionist durations
- 🧩 Fetch rich game details including platforms, stats, and genres
- ⚡ Fully PSR-4, Guzzle-powered, clean and extendable

---

📦 Installation
--------------

[](#-installation)

Install via Composer:

```
composer require askancy/howlongtobeat
```

---

🚀 Usage
-------

[](#-usage)

### 🔎 Search games

[](#-search-games)

```
use Askancy\HowLongToBeat\HowLongToBeat;

$hl2b = new HowLongToBeat();
$results = $hl2b->search('Lego');
```

Sample response:

```
{
  "Results": [
    {
      "ID": "5265",
      "Title": "LEGO The Lord of the Rings",
      "Image": "https://howlongtobeat.com/gameimages/220px-Lego_Lord_of_the_Rings_cover.jpg",
      "Summary": {
        "Main Story": "10 Hours",
        "Main + Extra": "16 Hours",
        "Completionist": "33 Hours"
      }
    }
  ],
  "Pagination": {
    "Current Page": 1,
    "Last Page": 4
  }
}
```

You can also paginate:

```
$hl2b->search('Lego', 2);
```

---

### 🧠 Get game details by ID

[](#-get-game-details-by-id)

```
$details = $hl2b->get(5265);
```

🚤 Laravel Example
-----------------

[](#-laravel-example)

You can easily integrate this wrapper into a Laravel controller or service class:

**Controller example:**

```
use Askancy\HowLongToBeat\HowLongToBeat;

class GameController extends Controller
{
    public function search(Request $request)
    {
        $query = $request->input('title');
        $hl2b = new HowLongToBeat();
        $results = $hl2b->search($query);

        return view('games.results', ['results' => $results]);
    }

    public function show($id)
    {
        $hl2b = new HowLongToBeat();
        $game = $hl2b->get($id);

        return view('games.show', ['game' => $game]);
    }
}
```

Then route it:

```
Route::get('/games/search', [GameController::class, 'search']);
Route::get('/games/{id}', [GameController::class, 'show']);
```

Includes:

- Full summary and description
- Developer & publisher info
- Platform stats
- Time breakdowns (Main, 100%, Speedrun, Multiplayer, etc.)

---

🤝 Contributing
--------------

[](#-contributing)

Got a bug or an idea?
Open an issue or send a PR — contributions are welcome!

```
git clone https://github.com/askancy/howlongtobeat.git
composer install
vendor/bin/phpunit
```

---

📜 License
---------

[](#-license)

Released under the [MIT License](https://choosealicense.com/licenses/mit/).

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 60% of packages

Maintenance51

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity38

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 78.4% 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 ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

343d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0774a513bb5b13d7d314c88cbce01726eddb0e4282a0899116ab3ece887ceda6?d=identicon)[Askancy](/maintainers/Askancy)

---

Top Contributors

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---

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###  Code Quality

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