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improwised/api-helper
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Laravel package to help consume REST and XML APIs with little effort.

0.1.31(5y ago)08MITPHPPHP >=7.0.0

Since Apr 9Pushed 5y agoCompare

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### Api Helper Package

[](#api-helper-package)

 A package to consume api smoothly
 [**Explore the docs »**](#table-of-contents)

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Table of Contents
-----------------

[](#table-of-contents)

- [Getting Started](#getting-started)
- [Installation](#installation)
- [Configuration](#configuration)
- [Usage](#usage)
    - [Methods](#methods)
- [Response](#response)

Getting Started
---------------

[](#getting-started)

This package is useful to consume API's, here is the instruction for installation and usage.

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

[](#installation)

1. To install this package using [Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/improwised/api-helper)
2. On the root of your project run following command

    ```
     composer require improwised/api-helper

    ```
3. This command will install package with dependency

Configuration
-------------

[](#configuration)

- To use this apihelper need to export config file to do so run the following command in your terminal to publish config file to config folder.

    ```
      php artisan vendor:publish  --provider="Improwised\ApiHelper\ApiHelperServiceProvider"

    ```
- This will publish config file naming **api\_helper.php** into config folder.

Prometheus Configuration
------------------------

[](#prometheus-configuration)

- Prometheus is dependent on your app so you need to provide prometheus configuration and also use below packages on your app.

    - [jimdo/prometheus\_client\_php](https://github.com/Jimdo/prometheus_client_php)
    - [superbalist/laravel-prometheus-exporter](https://github.com/Superbalist/laravel-prometheus-exporter)
- If you want to use prometheus then you should turn it on from config [api\_helper](src/Config/api_helper.php)

```
'log_stats' => true, // If you want to use prometheus then set as true otherwise false

    'prometheus' => [
        'labels' => [
            'client_id' => 10,
            'app' => 'api-helper',
            'source' => 'core',
        ],
        'histogram_bucket' => [0.1, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1.0, 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 5.0, 7.5, 10.0],
    ],
```

- You can configure labels of prometheus inside `prometheus.labels` as per your need.
- `histogram_bucket` you can set inside prometheus config as array.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

- To use this package you need to add following class where you want to use this package.

    ```
      use Improwised\ApiHelper\ApiBuilder;

    ```

### Methods

[](#methods)

#### addHeaders($headers)

[](#addheadersheaders)

- This method is use to add headers.
- It accept name and value as parameter, Here you can set only one header at a time.

    ```
      $headers['Accept'] = "application/json";
      $headers['Content-Type'] = "application/json";
      app(ApiBuilder::class)->addHeaders($headers);

    ```
- We will get response in form of object of ApiBuilder.

#### api($connection)

[](#apiconnection)

- This method is use to set api that we are going to use from *api\_helper.php* , there is httpbin and mokbin is define so you have to pass the name that you want to use.
- You can also define your own api end point at *api\_helper.php* in config file.

    ```
      app(ApiBuilder::class)->api('httpbin')->method_to_call();

    ```
- The snippet indicates how you can connect particular api and access their method.
- method\_to\_call() is the function that you have specified inside *api\_helper* connection array.
- This will return object of ApiResponse.

### Response

[](#response)

- Here you will get object in response, In each response you will get success either true or false
- You will also get status code for more information about response please check below doc.
-

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity56

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 66.1% 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 ~22 days

Recently: every ~68 days

Total

33

Last Release

1881d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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