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jon-gonzalez/blackboard-web-services-php-library
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Client library for library for Blackboard SOAP Web Services

v1.0(11y ago)02092MITPHPPHP >=5.2.1

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Blackboard Web Services Library for PHP
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[](#blackboard-web-services-library-for-php)

This is a library for connecting to Blackboard SOAP Web Services from PHP. We have tested this against our installation of Blackboard Learn 9.1.60230.0.

Why not use PHP's built in SOAP functionality?
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[](#why-not-use-phps-built-in-soap-functionality)

Blackboard's Web Services require the use of the WS-Security stack when communicating with other systems. Unfortunately, PHP's built-in SOAP library does not support WS-Security. Because of this, a library had to be built to create the connection between PHP and Blackboard.

After much time, we determined that even using the built-in SOAP library and modifying the SOAP headers was not enough to connect.

So, how did you build this?
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[](#so-how-did-you-build-this)

We installed a library for Blackboard written in Python and used Wireshark, a network analysis tool, to inspect the packets being sent from the Python library to Blackboard. We then reconstructed the XML and headers sent from that library using cURL in PHP. Using cURL (or built-in PHP streams), we then successfully connected to Blackboard to perform operations.

License
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[](#license)

BbPHP: Blackboard Web Services Library for PHP is licensed under the MIT License.

###  Health Score

28

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LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor2

2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

4255d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Tags

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