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krishnan/http-client
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Simple HTTP client for PHP

00PHP

Since Jul 22Pushed 2y ago1 watchersCompare

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Simple HTTP client for PHP
==========================

[](#simple-http-client-for-php)

Install

```
composer require krishnan/http-client

```

Import class

```
use Krishnan\Http\Http;
```

### GET request

[](#get-request)

```
$url    = "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/comments";
$data   = [ 'postId' => 1 ];

$response = HTTP::get( $url, $data );
```

### POST request

[](#post-request)

```
$url    = "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts";
$data   = [ 'title' => 'This is post title' ];

$response = HTTP::post( $url, $data );
```

### More options

[](#more-options)

```
$response = HTTP::get( $url, $data, $headers, $curlOptions );
$response = HTTP::post( $url, $data, $headers, $curlOptions );
```

### Useful methods

[](#useful-methods)

```
$response->getStatusCode(); // to get response code
$response->getHeaders(); // to get all headers as array
$response->getHeader($name); // to get specific header
$response->getBody(); // to get raw response body
$response->getJson(); // to get body as assoc array
$response->getObject(); // to get body as object
```

### Credits

[](#credits)

This repository is a clone of . Kudos to the original builder to build a very simple and efficient http client which can be easily understood and implemented by even a new programmer. I have cloned it as I will be making some changes for my projects.

###  Health Score

13

—

LowBetter than 1% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity0

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity22

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 50% 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.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6832?v=4)[Krishnan Subramanian](/maintainers/krishnan)[@krishnan](https://github.com/krishnan)

---

Top Contributors

[![khunt47](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/42242127?v=4)](https://github.com/khunt47 "khunt47 (2 commits)")[![krishnan-ubuntu](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5563216?v=4)](https://github.com/krishnan-ubuntu "krishnan-ubuntu (2 commits)")

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