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mettleworks/big-huge-thesaurus-client
=====================================

PHP Client around Big Huge Thesaurus API

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BigHugeThesaurusClient
======================

[](#bighugethesaurusclient)

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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 69% of packages

Maintenance17

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity20

Limited adoption so far

Community12

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. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~563 days

Total

3

Last Release

1605d ago

PHP version history (3 changes)v1.0.0PHP ~7.1

v1.1.0PHP ^7.3

v1.2.0PHP ^7.3|^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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---

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