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[HTTP & Networking](/categories/http) 4. / 5. friendsofsymfony/rest AbandonedArchivedLibrary[HTTP & Networking](/categories/http) friendsofsymfony/rest ===================== This library provides various tools to develop RESTful API's 1.0.0(12y ago)511.5M↑73.4%16[1 issues](https://github.com/FriendsOfSymfony/FOSRest/issues)3MITPHPPHP >=5.3.3 Since Jun 14Pushed 10y ago4 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/FriendsOfSymfony/FOSRest)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/friendsofsymfony/rest)[ Docs](http://friendsofsymfony.github.com)[ RSS](/packages/friendsofsymfony-rest/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1w ago READMEChangelog (2)DependenciesVersions (5)Used By (3) FOSRest ======= [](#fosrest) This library provides various tools to rapidly develop RESTful APIs: The main goals for now are to provide ways for decoding request bodies and request format negotiation (inspired by Apache mod\_negotiation) [![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/0e43020e50ca598acf35d2ecf6ee2697dd99a96c194a9386c288c793b28b6239/68747470733a2f2f7365637572652e7472617669732d63692e6f72672f467269656e64734f6653796d666f6e792f464f53526573742e706e67)](http://travis-ci.org/FriendsOfSymfony/FOSRest) Deprecated in favor of and ### Health Score 43 — FairBetter than 89% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity51 Moderate usage in the ecosystem Community32 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity61 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 80% of commits — single point of failure How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. 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