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imamuseum/harvester
===================

Online collection data harvester middleware.

3.0.2(9y ago)2281MITPHPPHP >=5.5.9

Since Nov 2Pushed 9y ago5 watchersCompare

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\##Harvester Package

\###Composer Setup

```
    "require": {
        "imamuseum/harvester": "^2.0"
    },
```

### Service Provider

[](#service-provider)

In `config/app.php` add to the autoloaded providers -

```
Imamuseum\Harvester\HarvesterServiceProvider::class,
```

Add ExampleHarvester to `app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php` to implement the HarvesterInterface.

```
    public function register()
    {
        $this->app->bind('Imamuseum\Harvester\Contracts\HarvesterInterface',
            'Imamuseum\Harvester\ExampleHarvester');
    }
```

Now you can publish the package -

```
php artisan vendor:publish
```

Run Migrations -

```
php artisan migrate
```

Run an initial sync with fake data -

```
php artisan harvest:collection --initial
```

Push items off the queue -

```
php artisan queue:listen
```

### Artisan Commands

[](#artisan-commands)

```
php artisan harvest:collection
php artisan harvest:object
php artisan harvest:maintain
```

Use the --help flag after any command to view the available options with a description.

### License

[](#license)

The Laravel framework is open-sourced software licensed under the [MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 60% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

Established project with proven stability

 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.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~35 days

Recently: every ~15 days

Total

7

Last Release

3629d ago

Major Versions

1.0.2 → 2.0.02016-04-19

2.0.0 → 3.0.02016-06-01

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/205e6dc081e9e4c6c7511a4b8ab45cfeb9abd8e35d56c5820bb404fd7b6fd99d?d=identicon)[IMAmuseum](/maintainers/IMAmuseum)

---

Top Contributors

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