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masgeek/fuelrod-rest-api-client
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Fuelrod REST api package for messaging and other things

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Fuelrod REST API Client
=======================

[](#fuelrod-rest-api-client)

PHP client library for the [Fuelrod](https://www.fuelrod.co.ke) messaging API.

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

[](#requirements)

- PHP 8.2 or higher
- ext-curl, ext-json, ext-mbstring

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require masgeek/fuelrod-rest-api-client
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Credential-based authentication

[](#credential-based-authentication)

```
use Fuelrod\Fuelrod;

$client = new Fuelrod(
    username: 'your-username',
    password: 'your-password',
    baseUrl:  'https://api.fuelrod.co.ke',
);
```

### API key authentication

[](#api-key-authentication)

Pass an API key as the fourth argument. When an API key is provided the `user`and `password` fields are omitted from every request payload.

```
$client = new Fuelrod(
    username: 'your-username',
    password: 'your-password',
    baseUrl:  'https://api.fuelrod.co.ke',
    apiKey:   'your-api-key',
);
```

### Sending a single SMS

[](#sending-a-single-sms)

```
$response = $client->singleSms([
    'to'      => '0712345678',   // or E.164: '+254712345678'
    'message' => 'Hello from Fuelrod!',
]);

// $response['status'] === 'success' | 'error'
// $response['data']   === decoded response body
```

### Sending a plain SMS

[](#sending-a-plain-sms)

```
$response = $client->plainSms([
    'to'      => '+254712345678',
    'message' => 'Hello from Fuelrod!',
]);
```

### Sending a premium SMS

[](#sending-a-premium-sms)

```
$response = $client->premiumSms([
    'to'      => '+254712345678',
    'message' => 'Hello from Fuelrod!',
]);
```

### Response shape

[](#response-shape)

Every method returns an associative array:

KeyTypeDescription`status``string``"success"` on 2xx, `"error"` on a 4xx client error`data``object|string`Decoded JSON body, or raw string if the body is not JSONServer-level errors (5xx, network timeouts) throw `GuzzleHttp\Exception\GuzzleException`.

### Validation errors

[](#validation-errors)

`FuelrodException` (code 422) is thrown when:

- `to` is missing, empty, or not a string
- `message` is missing or empty
- The phone number does not match `+?[0-9]{7,15}` (E.164 or local format)

Phone number format
-------------------

[](#phone-number-format)

FormatExampleLocal`0712345678`E.164`+254712345678`Running tests
-------------

[](#running-tests)

```
composer test
```

License
-------

[](#license)

MIT

###  Health Score

47

—

FairBetter than 93% of packages

Maintenance96

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity14

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 94% 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 ~304 days

Total

5

Last Release

42d ago

Major Versions

1.1.0 → 2.0.02023-03-09

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.0PHP >=7.4

2.1.0PHP ^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7697b801e0b866d1e274ac0e73cb0f09772e5a851bc50ae1bc0e74355e27c2e9?d=identicon)[masgeek](/maintainers/masgeek)

---

Top Contributors

[![masgeek](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6058175?v=4)](https://github.com/masgeek "masgeek (79 commits)")[![renovate[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/2740?v=4)](https://github.com/renovate[bot] "renovate[bot] (5 commits)")

---

Tags

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