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itartweb/social-feed
====================

Get feeds from different social networks in a unified format

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SocialFeed
==========

[](#socialfeed)

Get feeds from different social networks in a unified format

Install
-------

[](#install)

Use composer: `composer require itartweb/social-feed`

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Get the most recent posts of a user
- Get a specific item based on an ID
- Implemented media: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram
- Returns items in simple format
- Gets information (id, service, thumbnail) on attached video/images from: youtube, vine, instagram, vimeo
- Get an id from an url of a post

Example
-------

[](#example)

### Facebook

[](#facebook)

```
$feed = new SocialFeed();

// Input api credentials
$feed->facebook->setCredentials([
  'app_id' => '__',
  'app_secret' => '__'
]);

// Get all recent posts for user 'codeurs.be'
$data = $feed->facebook->getFeed('codeurs.be');
foreach ($data as $item) {
  // ...
}

// Get a single facebook post
$item = $feed->facebook->getItem('646338148755451_704084252980840');

// Get an id or item from a facebook url
$id = $feed->facebook->getIdFromUrl('https://www.facebook.com/_/photos/_/?type=1&theater');
$item = $feed->facebook->getItemFromUrl('https://www.facebook.com/_/photos/_/?type=1&theater');
```

### Output

[](#output)

Output returns the following format (as a php object; printed as json for readability):

```
{
  "service": "facebook",
  "text": "Example.",
  "link": "https://www.facebook.com/____",
  "id": "_",
  "created": 1428764403,
  "user": {
    "id": "_",
    "image": "https://graph.facebook.com/v2.3/_/picture/",
    "name": "_",
    "handle": null,
    "link": "https://facebook.com/profile.php?id=_"
  },
  "media": {
    "image": "https://graph.facebook.com/_/picture?type=normal",
    "video": null
  }
}
```

If a video is present, information will be available in media.video:

```
{
  "image": null,
  "video": {
    "service": "youtube",
    "id": "_",
    "image": "http://img.youtube.com/vi/_/hqdefault.jpg"
  }
}
```

Credentials
-----------

[](#credentials)

The following credentials are needed depending on the medium:

- Facebook: app\_id, app\_secret
- Twitter: consumer\_key, consumer\_secret, access\_token, access\_token\_secret
- Instagram: client\_id, client\_secret

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity55

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 62.5% 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 ~2 days

Total

2

Last Release

2467d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e98118092f560ce0b6042538ed9c9822b7ab90c8bf030b8774f7d6abd47bca8c?d=identicon)[itartweb](/maintainers/itartweb)

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Top Contributors

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---

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social

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