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league/fractal-serializer-jsonapi
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Handle the output of complex data structures ready for API output.

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Fractal Serializer JSON:API
===========================

[](#fractal-serializer-jsonapi)

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Fractal provides a presentation and transformation layer for complex data output, the like found in RESTful APIs, and works really well with JSON. Think of this as a view layer for your JSON/YAML/etc.

When building an API it is common for people to just grab stuff from the database and pass it to `json_encode()`. This might be passable for "trivial" APIs but if they are in use by the public, or used by mobile applications then this will quickly lead to inconsistent output.

Install
-------

[](#install)

Via Composer

```
$ composer require league/fractal-serializer-jsonapi
```

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

[](#requirements)

The following versions of PHP are supported by this version.

- PHP 7.2
- PHP 7.3
- PHP 7.4
- HHVM

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

Fractal has [full documentation](http://fractal.thephpleague.com), powered by [Jekyll](http://jekyllrb.com/).

Contribute to this documentation in the [gh-pages branch](https://github.com/thephpleague/fractal/tree/gh-pages/).

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](https://github.com/thephpleague/fractal/blob/master/LICENSE) for more information.

###  Health Score

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Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

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.

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