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mixerapi/mixerapi
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Streamline development of API-first applications in CakePHP

v2.0.7(3mo ago)4441.8k↑43.3%2MITPHPPHP ^8.1

Since Oct 21Pushed 2mo ago5 watchersCompare

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 A CakePHP Plugin for RESTful API Development

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Streamline development of modern RESTful APIs for your teams CakePHP project. Designed around a component-based architecture, MixerAPI enables developers to pick and choose the functionality they need for developing REST APIs.

[Documentation](https://mixerapi.com) | [Demo Application](https://demo.mixerapi.com) | [Demo Source Code](https://github.com/mixerapi/demo)

Features
--------

[](#features)

- **Rapid Prototyping:** Scaffold your API in seconds with a custom Bake template geared towards modern REST architecture.
- **OpenAPI:** Automatically generates [OpenAPI](https://www.openapis.org/) from your existing code into [Swagger](https://swagger.io/) and [Redoc](https://redoc.ly/). Attributes provided, but not required.
- **Error Handling:** Handles exception rendering in XML or JSON.
- **Data Formats:** Formats responses in JSON, XML, HAL+JSON, or JSON-LD.
- **Integrations:** Integrates well with other CakePHP 4 compatible plugins.
- **Minimalist Configuration:** Built for developing, not writing YAML configurations. Most components require zero configuration files.
- **Non-opinionated:** Develop your way.

This is a read-only repository. Please submit issues and PRs to [mixerapi/mixerapi-dev](https://github.com/mixerapi/mixerapi-dev)

For install steps head over to

MixerAPI Core Plugins
---------------------

[](#mixerapi-core-plugins)

MixerAPI automatically installs the following plugins for your RESTful API project:

PluginDescription[MixerApi/Bake](https://github.com/mixerapi/bake)A custom bake template focused on creating RESTful CakePHP controllers in seconds[MixerApi/CollectionView](https://github.com/mixerapi/collection-view)A Collection View for displaying configurable pagination meta-data in JSON or XML collection responses[MixerApi/ExceptionRender](https://github.com/mixerapi/exception-render)Handles rendering entity validation errors and other exceptions for your API[MixerApi/HalView](https://github.com/mixerapi/hal-view)A Hypertext Application Language ([HAL+JSON](http://stateless.co/hal_specification.html)) View for CakePHP[MixerApi/JsonLdView](https://github.com/mixerapi/json-ld-view)A [JSON-LD](https://json-ld.org/) View for CakePHP[SwaggerBake](https://github.com/cnizzardini/cakephp-swagger-bake)A delightfully tasty tool for generating Swagger documentation with OpenApi 3.0.0 schemaRecommended Plugins
-------------------

[](#recommended-plugins)

PluginDescription[MixerApi/Crud](https://github.com/mixerapi/crud)A service provider for CRUD (Create/Read/Update/Delete) operations. Since this plugin uses the experimental CakePHP dependency injection it must be enabled separately.[MixerApi/JwtAuth](https://github.com/mixerapi/jwt-auth)A JWT authentication library for CakePHP supporting both HMAC (HS256 or HS512) and RSA (RS256 or RS512) with JSON Web Keys.[Search](https://github.com/FriendsOfCake/search)Search provides a simple interface to create paginate-able filters for your CakePHP application.

###  Health Score

56

—

FairBetter than 98% of packages

Maintenance84

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity39

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity73

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~75 days

Recently: every ~182 days

Total

27

Last Release

92d ago

Major Versions

v0.3.0 → v1.0.02022-01-16

v1.1.7 → v2.0.02024-02-17

PHP version history (3 changes)v0.2.2PHP &gt;=7.2

v1.0.0PHP ^8.0

v2.0.0PHP ^8.1

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/171294?v=4)[Chris Nizzardini](/maintainers/cnizzardini)[@cnizzardini](https://github.com/cnizzardini)

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Top Contributors

[![cnizzardini](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/171294?v=4)](https://github.com/cnizzardini "cnizzardini (39 commits)")

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Tags

apicakephpcakephp-pluginphpphp-apiphp-api-serverphp-serverrestrest-apirestfulapirestcakephp

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