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longhornopen/canvas-api
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PHP client for the Canvas API

v1.1.1(7mo ago)81.7k—8.3%2GPL-3.0-or-laterPHPPHP ^7.1|^8.0

Since Jan 25Pushed 7mo ago2 watchersCompare

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php-canvas-api
==============

[](#php-canvas-api)

PHP library for talking to Instructure's Canvas via its API.

Composer installation
---------------------

[](#composer-installation)

`composer require longhornopen/canvas-api`

Usage examples
--------------

[](#usage-examples)

```
    use LonghornOpen\CanvasApi\CanvasApiClient;

    $api_host = 'myschool.instructure.com';
    $access_key = '1234567890abcdef....';
    $api = new CanvasApiClient($api_host, $access_key);

    // Some API calls return a single object, which will be given as a stdClass.
    $me = $api->get('/users/self');
    echo($me->name);

    // Some API calls return lists, which will be given as PHP7 Iterators.
    // If there are multiple pages of results, the iterator will automatically fetch them.
    $my_courses = $api->get('/courses?per_page=100');
    foreach ($my_courses as $my_course) {
        echo($my_course->name);
    }

    // Some API calls (e.g. Enrollment Terms) return lists which are wrapped in a wrapper element, which you can provide:
    $terms = $api->get('/accounts/1/terms', 'enrollment_terms');

```

Version history
---------------

[](#version-history)

- 1.0 - public release

###  Health Score

44

—

FairBetter than 92% of packages

Maintenance63

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity26

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 76.9% 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 ~285 days

Recently: every ~425 days

Total

7

Last Release

228d ago

Major Versions

v0.1 → v1.02021-01-25

PHP version history (2 changes)v0.1PHP ^7.1

v1.0.2PHP ^7.1|^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![chrispittman](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/918414?v=4)](https://github.com/chrispittman "chrispittman (10 commits)")[![samueltpayne](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3229695?v=4)](https://github.com/samueltpayne "samueltpayne (3 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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