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darksky/darksky
===============

A simple wrapper for Dark Sky API

v1.4.3(7y ago)165.0k4[2 PRs](https://github.com/iranianpep/darksky/pulls)MITPHPPHP >=7

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Darksky
=======

[](#darksky)

A simple wrapper for Dark Sky API

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Server Requirements
-------------------

[](#server-requirements)

- PHP >= 7.0.0

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

- Get the API key from
- Install this package in your project:
     `composer require darksky/darksky`
- To forecast:

```
use Darksky\Darksky;

try {
    $result = (new Darksky('API_KEY'))->forecast('LAT', 'LONG');
} catch(DarkskyException $e) {
    // handle the exception
} catch(Exception $e) {
    // handle the exception
}
```

- To use the time machine:

```
use Darksky\Darksky;

try {
    $result = (new Darksky('API_KEY'))->timeMachine('LAT', 'LONG', 'UNIX_TIME');
} catch(DarkskyException $e) {
    // handle the exception
} catch(Exception $e) {
    // handle the exception
}
```

###  Health Score

37

—

LowBetter than 83% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity28

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity72

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 93.3% 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 ~60 days

Recently: every ~107 days

Total

10

Last Release

2682d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c4e337f9891a92e469bd236f9774b8c6a894b05a31fc4f3d2da1f4010977b44e?d=identicon)[ehsan.abb](/maintainers/ehsan.abb)

---

Top Contributors

[![iranianpep](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3667439?v=4)](https://github.com/iranianpep "iranianpep (125 commits)")[![peter279k](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9021747?v=4)](https://github.com/peter279k "peter279k (5 commits)")[![ehsanabbasimov](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/20272511?v=4)](https://github.com/ehsanabbasimov "ehsanabbasimov (4 commits)")

---

Tags

apidarkskyforecastphpweatherwrapper

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/darksky-darksky/health.svg)

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```

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