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cognesy/instructor-http-client
==============================

Polyglot's unified HTTP connectivity layer

v2.3.1(1mo ago)04745MITPHPPHP ^8.3

Since Apr 22Pushed 1mo ago1 watchersCompare

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READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (33)Versions (86)Used By (5)

HTTP Client Package
===================

[](#http-client-package)

Minimal HTTP transport for sync and streaming requests.

Example
-------

[](#example)

```
use Cognesy\Http\Data\HttpRequest;
use Cognesy\Http\HttpClient;

$client = HttpClient::default();

$response = $client->send(new HttpRequest(
    url: 'https://api.example.com/health',
    method: 'GET',
    headers: ['Accept' => 'application/json'],
    body: '',
    options: [],
))->get();

echo $response->statusCode();
```

Docs
----

[](#docs)

- `packages/http-client/docs/1-overview.md`
- `packages/http-client/docs/2-getting-started.md`
- `packages/http-client/docs/3-making-requests.md`
- `packages/http-client/docs/4-handling-responses.md`
- `packages/http-client/docs/5-streaming-responses.md`
- `packages/http-client/docs/10-middleware.md`

Pooling lives in `packages/http-pool`.

###  Health Score

49

—

FairBetter than 95% of packages

Maintenance92

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~4 days

Total

85

Last Release

41d ago

Major Versions

0.17.11 → 1.0-rc12025-06-11

v1.22.0 → v2.0.02026-03-13

PHP version history (2 changes)0.13.9PHP ^8.2

v1.19.0PHP ^8.3

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

[![ddebowczyk](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/184133?v=4)](https://github.com/ddebowczyk "ddebowczyk (151 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPest

Static AnalysisPHPStan, Psalm

Type Coverage Yes

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