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chriha/rest-client
==================

Simple PHP REST client

0.6.4(9y ago)14491[1 issues](https://github.com/chriha/rest-client/issues)MITPHPPHP >=5.5.0

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rest-client
===========

[](#rest-client)

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/79abf43168559a1fabbf5c24aae4c9d535131177766de18e9f83e594d71d86f4/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f6368726968612f726573742d636c69656e742e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/chriha/rest-client)

A simple REST client with PHPs cURL.

Install
-------

[](#install)

```
composer require chriha/rest-client

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Define your options

```
$options = [
    'url' => 'http://api.localhost/v1',
];
```

See `\Chriha\Clients\Rest::getDefaultOptions()` for all default options.

#### GET

[](#get)

```
$rest = new \Chriha\Clients\Rest( $options );
$rest->get( '/posts' );
```

#### POST

[](#post)

```
$post = [
    "title" => "lorem",
    "body"  => "lorem ipsum dolor set"
];

$rest = new \Chriha\Clients\Rest( $options );
$rest->post( '/posts', $post );
```

#### PUT / PATCH

[](#put--patch)

```
$post = [
    "title" => "lorem"
];

$rest = new \Chriha\Clients\Rest( $options );
$rest->put( '/posts/1', $post );
$rest->patch( '/posts/1', $post );
```

#### DELETE

[](#delete)

```
$rest = new \Chriha\Clients\Rest( $options );
$rest->delete( '/posts/1' );
```

Options
-------

[](#options)

#### Allow self signed certificates

[](#allow-self-signed-certificates)

Recommended only in dev environment, so default is `false`

```
$options = [
    'allow_self_signed' => true,
];
```

#### Set additional cURL options

[](#set-additional-curl-options)

```
$options = [
    'curl_options' => [...],
];
```

#### OAuth 1.0 authentication

[](#oauth-10-authentication)

```
$options = [
    'authentication' => 'oauth1',
    'token'          => 'YOUR_API_TOKEN',
    'secret'         => 'YOUR_API_SECRET',
];
```

Using the CLI rest client
-------------------------

[](#using-the-cli-rest-client)

Make an alias like `alias rest='vendors/bin/rest'` for simpler usage of the client inside the project.

With the following command you can do a request via the rest client.

```
$ ./rest GET http://api.localhost.io/v1/posts "parameters=specified&as=simple&query=string" "Content-Type:application/json;Accept-Charset: utf-8"
```

If you want to use `token` and `secret` for your authentication, you can place them as JSON in the `.rest` file of your project root:

```
{
    "token": "YOUR_API_TOKEN",
    "secret": "YOUR_API_SECRET"
}
```

The output of the rest client will be shown as the following:

```
Request took 23.45ms
Response Code: 200
Response Body:
{
    "meta": "info",
    "data": [
        {
            "title": "lorem"
        }
    ]
}

```

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 21% of packages

Maintenance0

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community5

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity56

Maturing project, gaining track record

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 ~21 days

Recently: every ~59 days

Total

15

Last Release

3403d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Tags

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###  Code Quality

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