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braunson/fatsecret-laravel
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A PHP FatSecret API library for Laravel

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FatSecret API for Laravel
=========================

[](#fatsecret-api-for-laravel)

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The FatSecret API for Laravel gives you access to the FatSecret API.

[FatSecret](http://platform.fatsecret.com/api) provides you with access to comprehensive nutrition data for many thousands of foods, not to mention a range exercises and great weight management tools for your applications.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- Laravel versions: 5.6, 5.7 and 5.8

Looking for 4.x Compatibility?
------------------------------

[](#looking-for-4x-compatibility)

While it may be unsupported now, you can find 4.x compatible versions in the `laravel4` branch or tagged with `4.0`

How to Install
--------------

[](#how-to-install)

1. Install the `braunson/fatsecret-laravel` package

    ```
    $ composer require "braunson/fatsecret-laravel"
    ```
2. Update `config/app.php` to activate FatSecret package

    ```
    # Add `FatSecretServiceProvider` to the `providers` array
    'providers' => [
    	...
    	Braunson\FatSecret\ServiceProvider::class,
    ]

    # Add the FatSecret Facade to the `aliases` array
    'aliases' => [
    	...
    	'FatSecret' => Braunson\FatSecret\Facades\Facade::class,
    ]
    ```

Configuration
-------------

[](#configuration)

1. Publish the config file:

    ```
    php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Braunson\FatSecret\ServiceProvider"
    ```
2. Open your `.env` file and add in

    ```
    FATSECRET_KEY=YOUR-API-KEY
    FATSECRET_SECRET=YOUR-API-SECRET

    ```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

When you are using this package in a file, make sure to add this to the top of your file:

```
use Fatsecret;
```

The FatSecret is available as `FatSecret`, for example:

```
FatSecret::ProfileCreate($userID, &$token, &$secret);
```

For more information on using the FatSecret API check out the [documentation](http://platform.fatsecret.com/api/)

Methods
-------

[](#methods)

```
FatSecret::searchIngredients($search_phrase, $page, $maxresults)
```

- Search ingredients by phrase, page and max results

```
FatSecret::getIngredient($ingredient_id)
```

- Retrieve an ingredient by ID

```
FatSecret::GetKey()
```

- Gets the set consumer key

```
FatSecret::SetKey()
```

- Allows overriding or setting of the consumer key

```
FatSecret::GetSecret()
```

- Gets the set secret key

```
FatSecret::SetSecret()
```

- Allows overriding or setting of the secret key

```
FatSecret::ProfileCreate($userID, $token, $secret)
```

- Allows creation of a profile in FS with a user specific ID.

```
FatSecret::ProfileGetAuth($userID, $token, $secret)
```

- Get the authentication details of a profile

```
FatSecret::ProfileRequestScriptSessionKey($auth, $expires, $consumeWithin, $permittedReferrerRegex, $cookie, $sessionKey)
```

- Create a new session for JavaScript API users

Reporting Bugs or Feature Requests
----------------------------------

[](#reporting-bugs-or-feature-requests)

Please report any bugs or feature requests on the github issues page for this project here:

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

- [Fork](https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo) the [FatSecret on github](https://github.com/braunson/fatsecret)
- Commit and push until you are happy with your contribution
- Run the tests to make sure they all pass: `composer install && ./vendor/bin/phpunit`
- [Make a pull request](https://help.github.com/articles/using-pull-requests)
- Thanks!

License
-------

[](#license)

The FatSecret Laravel API is free software released under the MIT License. See [LICENSE](https://github.com/braunson/fatsecret/blob/master/LICENSE) for details. This is not an official release and is released separately from FatSecret.

###  Health Score

37

—

LowBetter than 81% of packages

Maintenance26

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity33

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 96.6% 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 ~428 days

Total

4

Last Release

2386d ago

Major Versions

4.0 → 5.0.12017-08-13

PHP version history (2 changes)5.0PHP >=5.4.0

5.1.0PHP ^7.1.3

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Maintainers

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