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bluebeetle/api-toolkit
======================

JSON:API compliant toolkit for building REST APIs with Laravel.

v0.8.1(2mo ago)14794↓60.5%[1 PRs](https://github.com/bluebeetlept/api-toolkit/pulls)MITPHPPHP ^8.4CI passing

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API Toolkit
===========

[](#api-toolkit)

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JSON:API compliant toolkit for building REST APIs with Laravel.

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require bluebeetle/api-toolkit
```

Quick Start
-----------

[](#quick-start)

Define a resource:

```
final class ProductResource extends Resource
{
    protected string $model = Product::class;

    public function attributes(Product $product): array
    {
        return [
            'name' => $product->name,
            'code' => $product->code,
        ];
    }
}
```

Use it in a controller:

```
final class ListController
{
    public function __invoke(Request $request)
    {
        return QueryBuilder::for(Product::class, $request)
            ->fromResource(ProductResource::class)
            ->paginate();
    }
}
```

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

Full documentation is available at [bluebeetle.pt/open-source/docs/api-toolkit](https://bluebeetle.pt/open-source/docs/api-toolkit).

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
composer test
```

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Blue Beetle](https://bluebeetle.pt)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

Licensed under the [MIT license](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).

###  Health Score

47

—

FairBetter than 93% of packages

Maintenance93

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity26

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity49

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 90.7% 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 ~2 days

Total

10

Last Release

60d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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---

Tags

apilaravelrestJSON-APItoolkit

###  Code Quality

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