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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. mettle/big-huge-thesaurus-client ActiveLibrary[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) mettle/big-huge-thesaurus-client ================================ PHP Client around Big Huge Thesaurus API v1.2.0(4y ago)66551[1 issues](https://github.com/mettle/big-huge-thesaurus-client/issues)MITPHPPHP ^7.3|^8.0 Since Jan 3Pushed 4y ago4 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/mettle/big-huge-thesaurus-client)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/mettle/big-huge-thesaurus-client)[ Docs](https://github.com/mettle/big-huge-thesaurus-client)[ RSS](/packages/mettle-big-huge-thesaurus-client/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced today READMEChangelog (3)Dependencies (3)Versions (4)Used By (0) BigHugeThesaurusClient ====================== [](#bighugethesaurusclient) [![Latest Version on Packagist](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/dfe29aded41eca46b8960bc919be9a6f2751fc9b8ad9056598340f088169a7e9/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f762f6d6574746c652f6269672d687567652d7468657361757275732d636c69656e742e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://packagist.org/packages/mettle/big-huge-thesaurus-client)[![Software License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/55c0218c8f8009f06ad4ddae837ddd05301481fcf0dff8e0ed9dadda8780713e/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f6c6963656e73652d4d49542d627269676874677265656e2e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](LICENSE.md)[![Total Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/b03f317f728779bc88ad885ba97b27e4e75cde1280d42c0d7c8cb0cd8ad97823/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f64742f6d6574746c652f6269672d687567652d7468657361757275732d636c69656e742e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://packagist.org/packages/mettle/big-huge-thesaurus-client) PHP Wrapper for the [Big Huge Labs Thesaurus API](http://words.bighugelabs.com/). Install ------- [](#install) Via Composer ``` $ composer require mettle/big-huge-thesaurus-client ``` Usage ----- [](#usage) ``` $API_KEY = 'Get an api key @ https://words.bighugelabs.com/api.php'; $client = new Mettleworks\BigHugeThesaurusClient\BigHugeThesaurusClient($API_KEY); $response = $client->lookup('love'); ``` The response object is an instance of `ThesaurusResponse`, an object that wraps the original response and adds a few convenience methods. You can optionally pass an argument to each method to indicate if you want only nouns (`noun`), verbs (`verb`), adjectives (`adjective`) or adverbs (`adverb`) otherwise they will return all results combined. The signature of the methods is the following: ``` /** * Get the synonyms from the response */ $response->getSynonyms($type = null): array /** * Get the antonyms from the response */ $response->getAntonyms($type = null): array /** * Get the similar terms from the response */ $response->getSimilarTerms($type = null): array /** * Get related terms from the response */ $response->getRelatedTerms($type = null): array /** * Cast response to array (returns the original response) */ $response->toArray(): array /** * Cast response to JSON */ $response->toJson() ``` The client throws specific exceptions when an error occurs. Those errors are documented on the [Big Huge Thesaurus Api Page](https://words.bighugelabs.com/api.php). ``` try { $response = $client->lookup('love'); } catch (NotFoundException $ex) { // Not Found } catch (UsageExceededException $ex) { // Usage exceeded } catch (InactiveKeyException $ex) { // Key not active } catch (MissingWordsException $ex) { // No words provided } catch (NotWhitelistedException $ex) { // IP address blocked } ``` Additionally if an error occurs outside the listed ones, the original Guzzle Exception is thrown. Testing ------- [](#testing) ``` $ composer test ``` Contributing ------------ [](#contributing) Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details. Security -------- [](#security) If you discover any security related issues, please email instead of using the issue tracker. Credits ------- [](#credits) - [Maurizio Bonani](https://github.com/mauricius) - [Grant Janecek](https://github.com/grantjanecek) License ------- [](#license) The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information. ### Health Score 32 — LowBetter than 72% of packages Maintenance17 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity19 Limited adoption so far Community13 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity68 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 93.3% 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. 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