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A simple PSR compatible HTTP client library

v0.2.1(3y ago)3141MITPHPPHP >=7.2.0

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Requestful: A simple PSR compatible HTTP client library
=======================================================

[](#requestful-a-simple-psr-compatible-http-client-library)

The goal of this library is to provide a short, simple and easy to understand alternative to [Guzzle](https://github.com/guzzle/guzzle).

- Uses the latest [PSR](https://www.php-fig.org/psr/) standards and recommendations
    - [PSR-7](https://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-7/) HTTP Message Interfaces
    - [PSR-17](https://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-17/) HTTP Factories
    - [PSR-18](https://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-17/) HTTP Client
- Supports both synchronous and asynchronous HTTP requests
- [A+ Promises](https://promisesaplus.com/) with a Guzzle compatible interface
- Modern PHP 7 support
- Hard ext-curl requirement

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require kwhat/requestful
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

You will need a PSR-17 implantation to use this library. Personally I enjoy working with [nyholm/psr7](https://github.com/Nyholm/psr7), but any library that provides psr/http-factory will be sufficient.

```
$factory = new Nyholm\Psr7\Factory\Psr17Factory();
$client = new Requestful\Http\Client($factory);
$request = $factory->createRequest(
    "GET",
    "https://samples.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?q=Los%20Angeles"
);

// Send a synchronous request
$response = $client->sendRequest($request);

var_dump(
    $response->getStatusCode(), // int(200)
    $response->getHeaderLine("content-type"), // string(30) "application/json; charset=utf8"
    $response->getBody() // string(459) "{"coord": {...}, "weather": {...}, ...}"
);

// Send an asynchronous request
$promise = $client->sendRequestAsync($request)
    ->then(function (Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface $response): string {
        return "Success: {$response->getStatusCode()}";
    });

var_dump($promise->wait()); // string(12) "Success: 200"
```

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity44

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 96.6% 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 ~448 days

Total

3

Last Release

1434d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)v0.1.0PHP >=7.1.0

v0.2.1PHP >=7.2.0

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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Tags

asyncasyncronouscurlphp7psr-17psr-18psr-7

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