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danvuquoc/laravel-kraken
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A minimal service provider to set up and use the Kraken API PHP library in Laravel 5

v1.2.2(6y ago)843.5k8[1 issues](https://github.com/danvuquoc/laravel-kraken/issues)[1 PRs](https://github.com/danvuquoc/laravel-kraken/pulls)MITPHP

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laravel-kraken
==============

[](#laravel-kraken)

A composer package for the Kraken PHP API which supports the Laravel 5 framework.

Composer Installation
---------------------

[](#composer-installation)

The best way to install laravel-kraken is with [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/).

To install the most recent version, run the following command.

`$ php composer.phar require danvuquoc/laravel-kraken`

Alternatively, you may edit your composer.son directly by adding the following to the require section.

```
"require": {
    "danvuquoc/laravel-kraken": "1.*",
}

```

Integration in Laravel
----------------------

[](#integration-in-laravel)

### Publish Configuration File

[](#publish-configuration-file)

Running the following command will publish `config/kraken.php` to your config folder. In this file you will need to insert your api key and api secret.

`$ php artisan vendor:publish —provider="Danvuquoc\Kraken\KrakenServiceProvider"`

### Providers

[](#providers)

*This is only applicable to versions prior to Laravel 5.5, [Automatic Package Discovery](https://laravel.com/docs/packages#package-discovery) is enabled for Laravel 5.5 and above.*

Register the service provider in `config/app.php` by inserting it into the providers array:

```
'providers' => [
    ...
    Danvuquoc\Kraken\KrakenServiceProvider::class,
    ...
]

```

### Facade

[](#facade)

*This is only applicable to versions prior to Laravel 5.5, [Automatic Package Discovery](https://laravel.com/docs/packages#package-discovery) is enabled for Laravel 5.5 and above.*

Register the facade in `config/app.php` by inserting it into the aliases array:

```
'aliases' => [
    ...
    'KrakenIO' => Danvuquoc\Kraken\KrakenFacade::class,
    ...
]

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Be sure to `use KrakenIO;` in your code

Then you can simply:

```
$response = KrakenIO::url([
    'url' => 'http://url-to-image.com/file.jpg',
    'wait' => true,
]);

```

Full documentation on the Kraken PHP Api is available on their [Kraken PHP API Github Repo](https://github.com/kraken-io/kraken-php).

###  Health Score

38

—

LowBetter than 85% of packages

Maintenance18

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity34

Limited adoption so far

Community17

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity69

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 73.9% 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 ~184 days

Recently: every ~110 days

Total

8

Last Release

2548d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1421270?v=4)[Dan Vu Quoc](/maintainers/danvuquoc)[@danvuquoc](https://github.com/danvuquoc)

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Top Contributors

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