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enathan/laravel-http-rest-client
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Simple REST client for Laravel

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laravel-http-rest-client
========================

[](#laravel-http-rest-client)

Simple HTTP rest client for Laravel by eNathan

Installation via Composer
-------------------------

[](#installation-via-composer)

Add the following to your `composer.json`'s dependency list:

```
    "require": {
        "enathan/laravel-http-rest-client"
    }

```

### Update Composer

[](#update-composer)

In the root directory of your Laravel project (where `composer.json` is located), run:

```
composer update

```

Add Service Provider
--------------------

[](#add-service-provider)

Open `config/app.php` and add the following line to the `providers` array:

```
$providers => [
... ,
'App\Providers\LaravelHttpRestClient'
];

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

The RestClient is a singleton registered in Laravel's IoC as `HttpRestClient`. You can access the rest client by using `\App::make('HttpRestClient')`.

Example
-------

[](#example)

```
$RestClient = \App::make('HttpRestClient');
$response = $RestClient->get('http://my_rest_server.com/',
    array(
        'username': 'foo',
        'password': 'bar
    )
);

```

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 35% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity21

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3613561?v=4)[eNathan](/maintainers/eNathan)[@eNathan](https://github.com/eNathan)

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Top Contributors

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