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kristapsk/php-coindesk-api
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Composer package for the CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index API

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CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index API for PHP
========================================

[](#coindesk-bitcoin-price-index-api-for-php)

This is a simple composer package that implements [CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index API](https://www.coindesk.com/coindesk-api) for PHP.

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

[](#requirements)

- PHP 7 with curl and json extensions enabled

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require kristapsk/php-coindesk-api

```

Or just copy `src/BPI.php` to your project, it has no other dependencies.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

In all examples last parameter of methods called specifies currency. Supported currencies are `EUR`, `GBP` and `USD`. It can be ommited, will default to `USD`.

### Get current Bitcoin price

[](#get-current-bitcoin-price)

```
use kristapsk\CoinDesk\BPI;

// returns float or null on failure
var_dump(BPI::currentPrice('EUR'));
```

### Get historical Bitcoin prices

[](#get-historical-bitcoin-prices)

```
use kristapsk\CoinDesk\BPI;

// returns array with Y-m-d format date string as key and float price as value
// or null on failure
var_dump(BPI::historical(strtotime('2021-03-01'), strtotime('2021-03-16'), 'EUR'));
```

License
-------

[](#license)

This package is released under the MIT License. See the bundled [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details.

Disclaimer
----------

[](#disclaimer)

This project is not in any way affiliated with CoinDesk.

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance32

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity52

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

1877d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/247c92f74f4ad85efe57eae436d99dd5e88600db9af5fb5df3f7671e3150aeff?d=identicon)[kristapsk](/maintainers/kristapsk)

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Top Contributors

[![kristapsk](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4500994?v=4)](https://github.com/kristapsk "kristapsk (8 commits)")

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Tags

bitcoincoindeskcoindesk-apiphp

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