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nataniel/bggxmlapi2
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BoardGameGeek.com XML API2 - PHP Client Library

v1.1.5(4y ago)254.4k↓50%13[2 issues](https://github.com/nataniel/bggxmlapi2/issues)MITPHPPHP >=5.5CI failing

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bggxmlapi2
==========

[](#bggxmlapi2)

PHP Client Library for BoardGameGeek.com [XML API2](https://boardgamegeek.com/wiki/page/BGG_XML_API2)

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require nataniel/bggxmlapi2

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
// initialize client
$client = new \Nataniel\BoardGameGeek\Client();

// download information about "Dixit"
// https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/39856/dixit
$thing = $client->getThing(39856, true);

var_dump($thing->getName());
var_dump($thing->getYearPublished());
var_dump($thing->getBoardgameCategories());
var_dump($thing->getRatingAverage());
// ...

// download information about user
// https://boardgamegeek.com/user/Nataniel
$user = $client->getUser('nataniel');

var_dump($user->getAvatar());
var_dump($user->getCountry());

// search for a game
$results = $client->search('Domek');
echo count($results);

$things = [];
foreach ($result as $item) {
    var_dump($item->getName());
    $things[] = $client->getThing($item->getId());
}
```

###  Health Score

40

—

FairBetter than 88% of packages

Maintenance31

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity34

Limited adoption so far

Community18

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 86.8% 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 ~247 days

Recently: every ~311 days

Total

7

Last Release

1792d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.0.0PHP >=5.3.0

v1.1.3PHP >=5.5

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/411846?v=4)[Artur Jedliński](/maintainers/nataniel)[@nataniel](https://github.com/nataniel)

---

Top Contributors

[![nataniel](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/411846?v=4)](https://github.com/nataniel "nataniel (33 commits)")[![pimpeters](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9702432?v=4)](https://github.com/pimpeters "pimpeters (2 commits)")[![alberto-bottarini](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1442934?v=4)](https://github.com/alberto-bottarini "alberto-bottarini (1 commits)")[![Rocksheep](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1311371?v=4)](https://github.com/Rocksheep "Rocksheep (1 commits)")[![titich](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/36174849?v=4)](https://github.com/titich "titich (1 commits)")

---

Tags

api-clientboardgamegeekphp

###  Code Quality

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