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net/http
========

A basic HTTP client

1.1.2(1y ago)10809.9k↑896.4%65MITPHPCI failing

Since Dec 4Pushed 1y ago31 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/bigcommerce/net-http)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/net/http)[ RSS](/packages/net-http/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced today

READMEChangelog (2)Dependencies (2)Versions (11)Used By (5)

HTTP Client
===========

[](#http-client)

Provides a basic HTTP client that wraps the PHP curl extension.

Making a GET request:

```
$client = new Net_Http_Client();
$client->get("http://bigcommerce.com/");
$body = $client->getBody();
$contentType = $client->getHeader("Content-Type");
```

Making a POST request:

```
$client = new Net_Http_Client();
$client->post("http://bigcommerce.com/contact.php", array("key"=>"value"));
$responseCode = $client->getStatus();
if ($responseCode != 200) {
    // the request returned an error response
}
```

###  Health Score

47

—

FairBetter than 93% of packages

Maintenance38

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity43

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community26

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity69

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 53.8% 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 ~629 days

Recently: every ~1073 days

Total

8

Last Release

550d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b215cc4ceb43f889b391059a37f8f3a54e907abf8aa23b4275a3308d1b52fcb2?d=identicon)[net](/maintainers/net)

---

Top Contributors

[![TomA-R](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1606901?v=4)](https://github.com/TomA-R "TomA-R (7 commits)")[![chrisboulton](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/98472?v=4)](https://github.com/chrisboulton "chrisboulton (2 commits)")[![funivan](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/425208?v=4)](https://github.com/funivan "funivan (2 commits)")[![maetl](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/24809?v=4)](https://github.com/maetl "maetl (2 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Type Coverage Yes

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