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nixphp/client
=============

NixPHP Client Plugin to make simple http requests.

v0.1.1(4mo ago)034MITPHPPHP >=8.3CI passing

Since Dec 9Pushed 4mo agoCompare

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---

# nixphp/client

> **Lightweight PSR-18 HTTP client — pragmatic, robust, and framework-friendly.**

This plugin provides a small and dependency-free implementation of
`Psr\Http\Client\ClientInterface`, designed for **internal APIs, integrations,
and infrastructure code** inside NixPHP applications.

It focuses on **correctness, stability, and testability** rather than feature bloat.

> 🧩 Official NixPHP plugin
> Minimal surface area, explicit behavior, no hidden magic.

---

## Features

* Implements `Psr\Http\Client\ClientInterface`
* Transport-based architecture (cURL + Streams)
* Automatic fallback when a transport is unavailable
* Robust TLS handling (CA bundle detection, retries on transient errors)
* Configurable HTTP protocol version

---

## Transport Architecture

The client delegates all network I/O to **transports**.

### Included transports

| Transport | Purpose |
|---------|--------|
| `CurlTransport` | Preferred, robust, supports HTTP/2 and modern TLS |
| `StreamTransport` | Fallback using native PHP streams |

The client automatically selects the **first available transport** at runtime.
No configuration required.

This design keeps the client:
- simple
- testable
- extensible (custom transports can be injected)

---

## Installation

```bash
composer require nixphp/client
```

The plugin is autoloaded automatically.

---

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Send a PSR-7 request

[](#send-a-psr-7-request)

```
use Nyholm\Psr7\Request;

$request  = new Request('GET', 'https://example.com/api');
$response = client()->sendRequest($request);

echo $response->getStatusCode();
echo (string) $response->getBody();
```

The client always returns a standard PSR-7 `ResponseInterface`. No automatic JSON parsing or response mutation is performed.

---

Configuration
-------------

[](#configuration)

All options live under the `client` key.

```
// app/config.php
return [
    'client' => [

        // TLS verification
        'ssl_verify' => true,

        // Retry behavior for transient network/TLS errors
        'retries' => 1,
        'retry_delay_ms' => 150,

        // Timeouts (seconds)
        'timeout' => 20,
        'connect_timeout' => 8,

        // HTTP protocol version
        // auto | 1.1 | 2
        'http_version' => 'auto',

        // Optional explicit CA bundle path
        // 'cacert' => '/path/to/ca-bundle.crt',
    ],
];
```

### Notes

[](#notes)

- `http_version = auto` lets cURL negotiate the best protocol (usually HTTP/2).
- PHP streams only support HTTP/1.0 and HTTP/1.1 — HTTP/2 requires cURL.
- CA bundles are auto-detected on common Linux distributions.

---

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

The transport abstraction allows **pure unit tests** without real HTTP calls.

```
$transport = new MockTransport();
$transport->pushResponse('ok', ['HTTP/1.1 200 OK']);

$client = new Client([$transport]);
$response = $client->sendRequest($request);
```

This makes the client:

- fast to test
- deterministic
- independent of network state

---

Design Principles
-----------------

[](#design-principles)

- The client does **not** parse or decode JSON automatically
- Response bodies are returned exactly as received
- Protocol and transport decisions are explicit
- No global state, no side effects, no surprises

This keeps the client predictable and PSR-18-aligned.

---

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

[](#requirements)

- PHP ≥ 8.2
- `nixphp/framework` >= 0.1.0
- `nyholm/psr7` >= 1.0 (used for PSR-7 implementation)

---

📄 License
---------

[](#-license)

MIT License

###  Health Score

35

—

LowBetter than 80% of packages

Maintenance77

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity43

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 ~35 days

Total

2

Last Release

125d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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