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dosomething/northstar
=====================

Standard PHP API client for DoSomething.org services.

v3.1.0(4y ago)2329[8 issues](https://github.com/DoSomething/gateway/issues)MITPHP

Since Feb 29Pushed 4y ago6 watchersCompare

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[](#gateway--)

This is **Gateway**, an opinionated HTTP client built with [Guzzle](http://guzzle.readthedocs.io/en/stable/). It makes API requests easy with built-in [OAuth2 authorization](docs/traits/AuthorizesWithOAuth2.md), support for [transaction ID headers](docs/traits/ForwardsTransactionIds.md), and [web authentication](docs/server/OpenIDConnect.md) via OpenID Connect.

### Getting Started

[](#getting-started)

Install the latest release with [Composer](https://getcomposer.org):

```
composer require dosomething/gateway
```

Then, follow the instructions for [Laravel](docs/Usage.md#laravel) or [vanilla PHP](docs/Usage.md#vanilla-php).

### Included Clients

[](#included-clients)

Gateway includes pre-built clients for a few DoSomething.org services:

- [Northstar](docs/clients/Northstar.md) - the DoSomething.org user & identity API
- [Blink](docs/clients/Blink.md) – the DoSomething.org message bus

### License

[](#license)

MIT © DoSomething.org

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance0

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community18

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity78

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 61.5% 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 ~30 days

Recently: every ~163 days

Total

66

Last Release

1768d ago

Major Versions

v0.4 → v1.0.0-rc12016-06-28

v1.17.0 → v2.0.02019-09-11

v2.2.1 → v3.0.02020-04-20

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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