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free-elephants/json-api-dto
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JsonApi Document Structure Types

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Json Api Toolkit
================

[](#json-api-toolkit)

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Features:
---------

[](#features)

Build Data Transfer Objects from PSR7 Messages.

Full typed objects from request or response body.

See example in [test](/tests/FreeElephants/JsonApiToolkit/DTO/DocumentTest.php).

Union types support for relationships in PHP 8.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Extend super types in your own json api documents and it's parts:

- \\FreeElephants\\JsonApi\\DTO\\AbstractAttributes
- \\FreeElephants\\JsonApi\\DTO\\AbstractDocument
- \\FreeElephants\\JsonApi\\DTO\\AbstractRelationships
- \\FreeElephants\\JsonApi\\DTO\\AbstractResourceObject

And use as properties types:

- \\FreeElephants\\JsonApi\\DTO\\RelationshipToOne
- \\FreeElephants\\JsonApi\\DTO\\ResourceIdentifierObject

See tests/ for more examples.

### Install

[](#install)

`composer require free-elephants/json-api-dto`

Development
-----------

[](#development)

All dev env is dockerized. Your can use make receipts and `bin/` scripts without locally installed php, composer.

For run tests with different php version change `PHP_VERSION` value in .env and rebuild image with `make build`.

###  Health Score

34

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LowBetter than 77% of packages

Maintenance56

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity27

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity35

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 92.3% 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 ~23 days

Recently: every ~51 days

Total

11

Last Release

201d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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