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[HTTP & Networking](/categories/http) 4. / 5. lowem/easy-curl ActiveLibrary[HTTP & Networking](/categories/http) lowem/easy-curl =============== Allow you to make requests to API end points easily v5.0.1(4y ago)0621MITPHP Since Jul 27Pushed 4y ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/Lowe-Man/easy-curl)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/lowem/easy-curl)[ RSS](/packages/lowem-easy-curl/feed)WikiDiscussions main Synced 4d ago READMEChangelogDependencies (1)Versions (15)Used By (1) ### Easy Curl [](#easy-curl) ![Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/f55bd03e6c71b3bcc9d66a3ce1dd9c6382bac70bad08d0e1e05b879921718d62/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f7374617475732d6163746976652d737563636573732e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)[![GitHub issues](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/19badeeeeeba41612a0d44c1c297adce59d37fb32d45d8609908d1b4e7e7db2a/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f6769746875622f6973737565732f4c6f77652d4d616e2f656173792d6375726c3f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/19badeeeeeba41612a0d44c1c297adce59d37fb32d45d8609908d1b4e7e7db2a/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f6769746875622f6973737565732f4c6f77652d4d616e2f656173792d6375726c3f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)[![GitHub pull requests](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/692ee19225728e62a635338a95152cb8ea90df20ff48d31ddb6309ede7b2df36/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f6769746875622f6973737565732d70722f4c6f77652d4d616e2f656173792d6375726c3f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/692ee19225728e62a635338a95152cb8ea90df20ff48d31ddb6309ede7b2df36/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f6769746875622f6973737565732d70722f4c6f77652d4d616e2f656173792d6375726c3f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)[![GitHub](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/04945b08c84ad5e39e481d7dce79fcfb96bb8273ab39998d740b9dd680b153d9/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f6769746875622f6c6963656e73652f4c6f77652d4d616e2f656173792d6375726c3f636f6c6f723d626c7565267374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/04945b08c84ad5e39e481d7dce79fcfb96bb8273ab39998d740b9dd680b153d9/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f6769746875622f6c6963656e73652f4c6f77652d4d616e2f656173792d6375726c3f636f6c6f723d626c7565267374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)[![GitHub tag (latest SemVer)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/7cfcb7e2088669d44a73b45cc1db7827744bf726337bcff56126e1b878b4a5db/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f6769746875622f762f7461672f4c6f77652d4d616e2f656173792d6375726c3f6c6162656c3d72656c65617365267374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/7cfcb7e2088669d44a73b45cc1db7827744bf726337bcff56126e1b878b4a5db/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f6769746875622f762f7461672f4c6f77652d4d616e2f656173792d6375726c3f6c6162656c3d72656c65617365267374796c653d666c61742d737175617265) --- This is a PHP wrapper for cURL 📝 Table of Contents ------------------- [](#-table-of-contents) - [About](#about) - [Changelog](CHANGELOG.md) - [Getting Started](#getting_started) - [API Usage](#api_usage) - [Authors](#authors) 🧐 About ----------------------------------------- [](#-about-) --- This project was created to help developers easily interact with the underlying cURL API. 🏁 Getting Started ------------------------------------------------------------- [](#-getting-started-) --- These instructions will get you a copy of Easy Curl up and running. ### Prerequisites [](#prerequisites) In order to install this package you have to install `composer` which can be done by following the steps based on your system [here](https://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md). If you have not done so already run `composer init` in the root of your project directory, do so now to start using composer. Just follow the prompts as they appear. ### Installing [](#installing) To install Easy Curl run the command below while in your project root. ``` composer require lowem/easy-curl ``` Create a new PHP file and add the code below to the top of the file to automatically load in the package as well as any others you may have installed. The `use` statement prevents you from having to type in the full namespace of the package. ``` require_once "vendor/autoload.php"; use Lowem\EasyCurl\EasyCurl; ``` 🎈 API Usage ------------------------------------------------- [](#-api-usage-) ### GET Request `get(header)` [](#get-request-getheader) - `header`: This is an array of [HTTP header fields](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_header_fields) - **Example**: ``` [ "Content-Type: application/json", "Accept: application/json" ] ``` #### Example Usage: [](#example-usage) ``` $test = new EasyCurl("https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts"); try { $test->get(); } catch (HTTPRequestException $e) { echo $e->getCustomMessage(); } print_r($test->getExecMessage()); $test->close(); ``` ### POST Request `post(postFields, header)` [](#post-request-postpostfields-header) - `postFields`: This is the data that you want to send to the API. It can be JSON, XML, an array with key value pairs, etc. - **Example**: ``` [ "title" => "foo", "body" => "bar", "userId" => 1 ] ``` - `header`: This is an array of [HTTP header fields](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_header_fields) - **Example**: ``` [ "Content-Type: application/json", "Accept: application/json" ] ``` #### Example Usage: [](#example-usage-1) ``` $test = new EasyCurl("https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts"); try { $data = [ "title" => "foo", "body" => "bar", "userId" => 1 ]; $test->post(json_encode($data), [ "Content-type: application/json; charset=UTF-8", ]); } catch (HTTPRequestException $e) { echo $e->getCustomMessage(); } print_r($test->getExecMessage()); $test->close(); ``` ### PUT Request `put(postFields, header)` [](#put-request-putpostfields-header) - `postFields`: This is the data that you want to send to the API. It can be JSON, XML, an array with key value pairs, etc. - **Example**: ``` [ "id" => 1, "title" => "foo", "body" => "bar", "userId" => 1 ] ``` - `header`: This is an array of [HTTP header fields](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_header_fields) - **Example**: ``` [ "Content-Type: application/json", "Accept: application/json" ] ``` #### Example Usage: [](#example-usage-2) ``` $test = new EasyCurl("https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/1"); try { $data = [ "id" => 1, "title" => "foo", "body" => "bar", "userId" => 1 ]; $test->put(json_encode($data), [ "Content-type: application/json; charset=UTF-8", ]); } catch (HTTPRequestException $e) { echo $e->getCustomMessage(); } print_r($test->getExecMessage()); $test->close(); ``` ### DELETE Request `delete()` [](#delete-request-delete) #### Example Usage: [](#example-usage-3) ``` $test = new EasyCurl("https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/1"); try { $test->delete(); } catch (HTTPRequestException $e) { echo $e->getCustomMessage(); } print_r($test->getExecMessage()); $test->close(); ``` ✍️ Authors ---------------------------------------------- [](#️-authors-) - [@Lowe-Man](https://github.com/Lowe-Man) - Idea & Initial work See also the list of [contributors](https://github.com/Lowe-Man/easy-curl/contributors) who participated in this project. ### Health Score 26 — LowBetter than 43% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity8 Limited adoption so far Community9 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity59 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 Every ~2 days Total 14 Last Release 1721d ago Major Versions v0.3.0 → v1.0.02021-08-03 v1.0.0 → v2.0.02021-08-07 v2.1.0 → v3.0.02021-08-07 v3.2.0 → v4.0.02021-08-25 v4.0.0 → v5.0.02021-08-29 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/94fcbe1fd36a946be8e4274ddda2bfcae0a19d66e0bbc584cf804b78315e06fb?d=identicon)[Lowe-Man](/maintainers/Lowe-Man) --- Top Contributors [![AlexsLaboratory](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12134329?v=4)](https://github.com/AlexsLaboratory "AlexsLaboratory (40 commits)") --- Tags httpcurlipv6socketsfsockopen ### Code Quality TestsPHPUnit ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/lowem-easy-curl/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/lowem-easy-curl/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/lowem-easy-curl) ``` ### Alternatives [rmccue/requests A HTTP library written in PHP, for human beings. 3.6k34.5M258](/packages/rmccue-requests)[nategood/httpful A Readable, Chainable, REST friendly, PHP HTTP Client 1.8k17.2M267](/packages/nategood-httpful)[mashape/unirest-php Unirest PHP 1.3k9.7M161](/packages/mashape-unirest-php)[php-http/curl-client PSR-18 and HTTPlug Async client with cURL 48247.0M384](/packages/php-http-curl-client)[smi2/phpclickhouse PHP ClickHouse Client 83510.1M71](/packages/smi2-phpclickhouse)[pear/http_request2 Provides an easy way to perform HTTP requests. 764.2M48](/packages/pear-http-request2) PHPackages © 2026 [Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)