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mijingo/liefer
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Consumes JSON and makes it available in your Twig templates.

0.0.2(8y ago)31.1kMITPHP

Since Dec 9Pushed 8y agoCompare

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Liefer
======

[](#liefer)

A plugin for Craft CMS 3 that consumes Element API JSON and makes it available in your Twig templates.

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

[](#requirements)

This plugin requires Craft CMS 3.0.0-RC1 or later and a valid JSON file generated by Craft's Element API.

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

[](#installation)

To install the plugin, follow these instructions.

1. Open your terminal and go to your Craft project:

    ```
     cd /path/to/project

    ```
2. Then tell Composer to load the plugin:

    ```
     composer require mijingo/liefer

    ```
3. In the Control Panel, go to Settings → Plugins and click the “Install” button for Liefer.

Liefer Overview
---------------

[](#liefer-overview)

Pass in a JSON URL or location (best is one generated by the Element API) and then output the data to your Twig template.

Using Liefer
------------

[](#using-liefer)

```
{% set quotes = craft.liefer.get({url: 'https://something.com/quotes.json')} %}

{% for quote in quotes %}
  {{ quote.body }}
{% endfor %}
```

Enable caching on the Element API source.

Liefer Roadmap
--------------

[](#liefer-roadmap)

Some things to do, and ideas for potential features:

- Add caching support

About
-----

[](#about)

Brought to you by [Mijingo](https://mijingo.com)

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###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity54

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 ~81 days

Total

2

Last Release

2995d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/2708f0ff712285dea85d71758ed5eb0830298cec920bfc7fb49d089bc679de98?d=identicon)[mijingo](/maintainers/mijingo)

---

Top Contributors

[![ryanirelan](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2238?v=4)](https://github.com/ryanirelan "ryanirelan (7 commits)")

---

Tags

craftcraft3craftcms-plugincraftcms3jsoncmsCraftcraftcmscraft-pluginliefer

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