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joomla/http
===========

Joomla HTTP Package

4.0.2(4mo ago)17674.4k—5%21[2 PRs](https://github.com/joomla-framework/http/pulls)12GPL-2.0-or-laterPHPPHP ^8.3.0CI passing

Since Jun 4Pushed 4mo ago12 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/joomla-framework/http)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/joomla/http)[ Docs](https://github.com/joomla-framework/http)[ RSS](/packages/joomla-http/feed)WikiDiscussions 3.x-dev Synced 1mo ago

READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (10)Versions (41)Used By (12)

The HTTP Package [![Build Status](https://github.com/joomla-framework/http/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg?branch=3.x-dev)](https://github.com/joomla-framework/http)
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[](#the-http-package-)

[![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/5f775909f5eb4ff57e62f84ca1273b731345d0ed70e2a5627d6a8e782a8ef7e8/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f6a6f6f6d6c612f687474702f762f737461626c65)](https://packagist.org/packages/joomla/http)[![Total Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/e40f5816d22fdf7a658eaffe301c359195b637d848748e8dd30a8052de8944d6/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f6a6f6f6d6c612f687474702f646f776e6c6f616473)](https://packagist.org/packages/joomla/http)[![Latest Unstable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/5f80a7e4c9ab503a049c7bf7dc93e5ec298741965dc92b054f1929f67cbc2519/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f6a6f6f6d6c612f687474702f762f756e737461626c65)](https://packagist.org/packages/joomla/http)[![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/9f0ce3a133f09f9adb00ca582de44b672b8dc6a62296446c197728957508e0ca/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f6a6f6f6d6c612f687474702f6c6963656e7365)](https://packagist.org/packages/joomla/http)

The HTTP package includes a [PSR-18](http://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-18/) compatible HTTP client to facilitate RESTful HTTP requests over a variety of transport protocols.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP 8.1 or later

Installation via Composer
-------------------------

[](#installation-via-composer)

Add `"joomla/http": "~3.0"` to the require block in your composer.json and then run `composer install`.

```
{
	"require": {
		"joomla/http": "~3.0"
	}
}
```

Alternatively, you can simply run the following from the command line:

```
composer require joomla/http "~3.0"
```

If you want to include the test sources and docs, use

```
composer require --prefer-source joomla/http "~3.0"
```

###  Health Score

66

—

FairBetter than 99% of packages

Maintenance76

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity49

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community36

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity90

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 54.7% 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 ~127 days

Recently: every ~42 days

Total

37

Last Release

131d ago

Major Versions

2.0.2 → 3.0.02023-10-07

2.0.4 → 3.1.02025-03-05

3.1.2 → 4.0.02025-07-23

3.1.3 → 4.0.12025-10-16

3.1.4 → 4.0.22026-01-08

PHP version history (7 changes)1.0-alphaPHP &gt;=5.3.10

1.2.2PHP &gt;=5.3.10|&gt;=7.0

1.3.0PHP ^5.3.10|~7.0

2.0.0-betaPHP ^7.2.5

2.0.1PHP ^7.2.5|~8.0.0|~8.1.0

3.0.0PHP ^8.1.0

4.0.0PHP ^8.3.0

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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Tags

curljoomlajoomla-frameworkphphttpframeworkjoomla

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

Type Coverage Yes

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