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bq/watson
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A simple PHP library for accessing IBM's Watson API services

1.1.2.x-dev(9y ago)015MITPHPPHP >=5.6.0

Since Mar 15Pushed 9y agoCompare

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Watson PHP Client
=================

[](#watson-php-client)

A simple PHP library for accessing IBM's Watson API services

Basic Setup:
------------

[](#basic-setup)

```
$service = 'retrieve-and-rank';
$config = new \stdClass();
$config->username = 'xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxx';
$config->password = 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxx';
$config->url = sprintf('https://gateway.watsonplatform.net/%s/api',$service);
$config->version = 'v1';

$transportConfig = ['auth' =>  [$config->username, $config->password]];

$client = new Watson\Client($service,$config,$transportConfig);

$clientInstance = $client->getClientInstance();
$clientInstance->setServiceUrl($config->url);
$clientInstance->setServiceVersion($config->version);

```

### TODO

[](#todo)

\-- Implement unit tests
\-- Improve method returning and exception throwing
\-- Get rid of Monolog dependency (error logging should not be handled by library)

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 21% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity47

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 ~2 days

Total

4

Last Release

3387d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/22896298?v=4)[joeblake](/maintainers/joeblake)[@joeblake](https://github.com/joeblake)

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Top Contributors

[![joecblake](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/26333107?v=4)](https://github.com/joecblake "joecblake (24 commits)")

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Tags

phpclientsdkrestintegrationibmwatson

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