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lukaszjarosinski/restclient
===========================

Simple and fast rest client

00PHP

Since Jan 20Pushed 4y ago1 watchersCompare

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PHP REST Client
===============

[](#php-rest-client)

(c) 2022

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

[](#installation)

```
$ php composer.phar require lukaszjarosinski/restclient
```

Basic Usage
-----------

[](#basic-usage)

```
$client = new Client();
$headers = array("Content-Type" => "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"); //example headers, unnecessary
$parameters = array('name'=>'Name','gender'=>'male','email'=>'email@email.com','status'=>'active'); //example parameters, unnecessary
$client->get('http://www.boredapi.com/api/activity'); //url
  echo "";
  var_dump($client->returnResponse());
  echo "";
```

Configurable Options
--------------------

[](#configurable-options)

`headers` - An associative array of HTTP headers and values to be included in every request.
`parameters` - An associative array of URL or body parameters to be included in every request.
`user_agent` - User agent string to use in requests.
`username` - Username to use for HTTP basic authentication. Requires `password`.
`password` - Password to use for HTTP basic authentication. Requires `username`.

Supported methods
-----------------

[](#supported-methods)

The tool supports methods GET, POST, PATCH, DELETE. Examples:

```
$client->get('http://www.boredapi.com/api/activity');
$client->post('https://gorest.co.in/public/v1/users',array('name'=>'Name','gender'=>'male','email'=>'email@email.com','status'=>'active'),array('Authorization'=>'Bearer '.$token));
```

###  Health Score

14

—

LowBetter than 1% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity0

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity28

Early-stage or recently created project

 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.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/52163005?v=4)[Łukasz Jarosiński](/maintainers/lukaszjarosinski)[@lukaszjarosinski](https://github.com/lukaszjarosinski)

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Top Contributors

[![lukaszjarosinski](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/52163005?v=4)](https://github.com/lukaszjarosinski "lukaszjarosinski (1 commits)")

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