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dlcs/elucidate-php
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Elucidate Annotation Server API for PHP

v3.0.6(7y ago)29.2k↓100%2[2 issues](https://github.com/digirati-co-uk/elucidate-php/issues)MITPHP

Since Apr 3Pushed 7y ago2 watchersCompare

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Elucidate PHP
=============

[](#elucidate-php)

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/0061c2fbe2a1cfe841c4d94f18399d65e73fc0475ee5d1a45076ef49d1d15f3a/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e636f6d2f64696769726174692d636f2d756b2f656c756369646174652d7068702e7376673f746f6b656e3d613571437a45424439537a77734772324c4e4c32266272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.com/digirati-co-uk/elucidate-php)

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require dlcs/elucidate-php

```

You will also need to install GuzzleHttp >= v6

\## Usage

```
// Create an HTTP driver.
$guzzle = new Elucidate\Adapter\GuzzleHttpAdapter(
  new GuzzleHttp\Client(['base_uri' => 'http://my.eluciadte.server'])
);

// Create the Elucidate client.
$elucidate = new Elucidate\Client($guzzle);

// Create a container for storing annotations.
$container = $elucidate->createContainer('My first container');

// Create an annotation.
$annotation = new Elucidate\Model\Annotation(null, [
            'type' => 'TextualBody',
            'value' => 'I like this page!'
        ], 'http://www.example.com/index.html');

// Add metaData
$annotation->withMetaData([
  'creator' => 'stephen@_.com'
]);

// Assign it to a container.
$annotation->withContainer($container);

// Create it in the server.
$elucidate->createAnnotation($annotation);

// Search for the annotation.
$json = $elucidate->search(new Elucidate\Search\SearchByTarget(['id'], 'http://www.example.com/index.html'));

// Get search result wrapper
$searchResult = SearchResult::fromJson($json);

// get annotations (generator)
$annotations = $searchResult->getResults(); // Annotation objects

// get next page ID
$searchResult->getNextPage();

// Search for next page
$page2 = $elucidate->search($searchResult->getNextSearchQuery());

// etc..
$searchResultPage2 = SearchResult::fromJson($page2);
```

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance0

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity25

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity72

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 ~42 days

Recently: every ~105 days

Total

15

Last Release

2726d ago

Major Versions

1.0.2 → v2.0.02017-05-08

v2.1.2 → 3.0.0-alpha2017-09-20

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c0e5a9b913301f2fb80dcb626b96d6e5b324522a8201e09f2761729bd1e8ce3b?d=identicon)[stephenwf](/maintainers/stephenwf)

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/23beedbea02442905f1eb64995a01ffd6c265424b563fc2050c38b1acfafab32?d=identicon)[Digirati](/maintainers/Digirati)

---

Top Contributors

[![stephenwf](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8266711?v=4)](https://github.com/stephenwf "stephenwf (70 commits)")

---

Tags

dlcselucidateelucidate-clientelucidate-serverphp

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