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elife/api-validator
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eLife Sciences API validator

v1.1.0(1y ago)026.8k↓33.3%[5 PRs](https://github.com/elifesciences/api-validator-php/pulls)MITPHPPHP ^7.1 | ^8.0CI passing

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eLife API Validator for PHP
===========================

[](#elife-api-validator-for-php)

This library provides a validator for the [eLife Sciences API](https://github.com/elifesciences/api-raml).

It checks HTTP requests/responses to make sure that they match the specification. Currently only the body of the message is validated against the schema for that media type.

Dependencies
------------

[](#dependencies)

- [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/)
- PHP 7

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

[](#installation)

Execute `composer require elife/api-validator:dev-master`.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

To validate a message:

```
use eLife\ApiValidator\MessageValidator\JsonMessageValidator;
use eLife\ApiValidator\SchemaFinder\PathBasedSchemaFinder;
use JsonSchema\Validator;

$messageValidator = new JsonMessageValidator(new PathBasedSchemaFinder('/path/to/api/schemas'), new Validator());

$messageValidator->validate($message);
```

###  Health Score

42

—

FairBetter than 90% of packages

Maintenance66

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity26

Limited adoption so far

Community16

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity50

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor2

2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits

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 ~6 days

Total

2

Last Release

571d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.0.0PHP ^7.0

v1.1.0PHP ^7.1 | ^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/375812?v=4)[Scott Aubrey](/maintainers/scottaubrey)[@scottaubrey](https://github.com/scottaubrey)

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Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

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