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kanashimo/phpwaifu
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waifu.pics API library for your PHP project!

1.0.0(2y ago)210MITPHP

Since May 4Pushed 7mo ago1 watchersCompare

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About phpwaifu
==============

[](#about-phpwaifu)

Phpwaifu is API library for [waifu.pics](https://github.com/Waifu-pics/waifu-api "waifu.pics"), a platform and API for anime images. Now everyone can enjoy waifus on your website! I made it for fun but feel free to use it anywhere. In the future maybe I will add more features.

Warning

This library is no longer maintained, use at your own risk! ‼️

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

[](#installation)

Install phpwaifu via Composer:

```
composer require kanashimo/phpwaifu

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
// Require autoloader
require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

// Create phpwaifu instance
$phpwaifu = new \Kanashimo\phpwaifu\phpwaifu();

//  Make a request
$request = $phpwaifu->request([
    "type" => "sfw",
    "category" => "waifu"
]);
//  Output image URL
echo $request;
```

Types and categories
--------------------

[](#types-and-categories)

Types and categories list is available at official [waifu.pics documentation](https://waifu.pics/docs "waifu.pics documentation")

Error handling
--------------

[](#error-handling)

```
// Require autoloader
require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

// Create phpwaifu instance
$phpwaifu = new \Kanashimo\phpwaifu\phpwaifu();

//  Make a request
$request = $phpwaifu->request([
    "type" => "sfw",
    "category" => "waifu"
]);
// Print information about the error or output image URL if everything works
if($phpwaifu->err){
    echo $phpwaifu->err;
} else {
    echo $request;
}
```

License
-------

[](#license)

Released under the MIT license.

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance44

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity40

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

735d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/f570695cf4d07b4bc407fe72b41d2d576616acb3613b0866ab107d7f06b7b3c2?d=identicon)[Kanashimo](/maintainers/Kanashimo)

---

Top Contributors

[![Kanashimo](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/66676567?v=4)](https://github.com/Kanashimo "Kanashimo (21 commits)")

---

Tags

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