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marcortola/food-data-central
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Community API client for the Food Data Central USDA nutrient database

0.0.6(5y ago)41.1k2[1 PRs](https://github.com/marcortola/food-data-central/pulls)MITPHPPHP >=7.4CI failing

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Community API client for the Food Data Central USDA nutrient database
=====================================================================

[](#community-api-client-for-the-food-data-central-usda-nutrient-database)

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

[](#installation)

1. [Install Composer](https://getcomposer.org/download/)
2. Execute:

```
$ composer require marcortola/food-data-central

```

This wrapper doesn't bundle the HTTP client so you are free to use your preferred one. You can inject it in the FoodDataCentralClient constructor or let the wrapper discover it. If you don't know what I am talking about, the fast solution is to require these packages:

```
$ composer require php-http/curl-client nyholm/psr7 php-http/message

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$foodDataCentralClient = FoodDataCentralClient::create('your_api_key');

// Find food by FDC ID.
$foodItem = $foodDataCentralClient->food()->food(781125);

// Find food nutrients. See the FoodItem interface for more nutrient finders.
$calcium = $foodDataCentralClient->food()->food(781125)->getCalcium();
```

Read the Food Data Central API documentation [here](https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/api-spec/fdc_api.html).

License
-------

[](#license)

Licensed under the MIT License. See [License File](LICENSE) for more information about it.

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 52% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity21

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity50

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 ~67 days

Recently: every ~84 days

Total

6

Last Release

1901d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)0.0.1PHP ^7.4

0.0.6PHP >=7.4

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7cb342c647d69ea9b4d356eedfff75e22bf0b218a08b5f6dc7da163d4414d2b2?d=identicon)[marcortola](/maintainers/marcortola)

---

Top Contributors

[![marcortola](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/15958009?v=4)](https://github.com/marcortola "marcortola (15 commits)")

---

Tags

fdcfood-datafood-data-centralnutrient-databaseusdausda-nutrient-database

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StyleECS

Type Coverage Yes

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