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matricali/http-client
=====================

A wrapper of libcurl that implements PSR-7 HTTP message interface.

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PSR-7 HTTP Client (cURL)
========================

[](#psr-7-http-client-curl)

Note that this is not an HTTP protocol implementation of its own. It is merely a wrapper of *libcurl* that implements [PSR-7](http://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-7/) HTTP message interface.

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

[](#requirements)

- PHP 5.4 or newer
- [cURL extension](http://php.net/manual/en/curl.installation.php)

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require matricali/http-client

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

##### Sending GET request

[](#sending-get-request)

```
use Matricali\Http\Client;

$client = new Client();
$response = $client->get('http://www.example.com/');

echo $response->getBody();

```

##### Sending POST request

[](#sending-post-request)

```
use Matricali\Http\Client;

$client = new Client();
$payload = '{"name": "John Doe"}';
$response = $client->post('http://www.example.com/', $payload);

echo $response->getBody();

```

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Contributions, issues, pull requests are welcome. See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md)

License
-------

[](#license)

php-http-client is [MIT licensed](LICENSE.txt).

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance13

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity52

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 69.4% 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 ~167 days

Total

5

Last Release

2342d ago

Major Versions

0.1.3 → 1.0.0-alpha32018-07-20

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/9cc2241465209cdb9cc89ebc9d13b0e37e68c1900fda4e742be0a409205d8009?d=identicon)[matricali](/maintainers/matricali)

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Top Contributors

[![matricali](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6726829?v=4)](https://github.com/matricali "matricali (25 commits)")[![gpolverini](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/40297299?v=4)](https://github.com/gpolverini "gpolverini (10 commits)")[![dgentilezza](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2809609?v=4)](https://github.com/dgentilezza "dgentilezza (1 commits)")

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Tags

http-clienthttp-protocollibcurlphp5php7psr-7wrapperhttpclientcurlpsr7wrapper

###  Code Quality

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