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bclibraries/search-client
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Client for searching Boston College Libraries API-enabled services

v1.0.2(3y ago)16MITPHPPHP >=7.2

Since Dec 15Pushed 3y ago1 watchersCompare

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Perform parallel searches of API-enabled Boston College Libraries services.

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

[](#installation)

Install with [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/):

```
composer require bclibraries/search-client:^1.0
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

See the *examples* directory for a complete example.

```
use \BCLib\SearchClient\Client;
use \BCLib\SearchClient\Services;

$services = [
    new Services\JesuitOnlineBibliographyService(),
    new Services\JesuitOnlineNecrologyService()
];

$client = new Client($services);
$responses = $client->search("paris");

foreach ($responses as $response) {

    // Link to search on Web.
    $search_url = $response->getWebSearchURL("paris");
    $total_count = $response->getTotalCount();

    // Iterate through the response items.
    foreach ($response->getItems() as $item) {
        $title = $item->getTitle();
        $item_url = $item->getUrl();
    }
}
```

###  Health Score

21

—

LowBetter than 18% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community7

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.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~0 days

Total

3

Last Release

1295d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/210404?v=4)[Benjamin Florin](/maintainers/Otterfan)[@Otterfan](https://github.com/Otterfan)

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Top Contributors

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