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nyholm/http-client
==================

A light weight and super fast HTTP client

0.1.0(9y ago)52441MITPHPPHP ^5.6|^7.0

Since Jul 13Pushed 9y ago3 watchersCompare

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Nyholm's HTTP client
====================

[](#nyholms-http-client)

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**A super light HTTP client that sends PSR-7 HTTP messages.**

Install
-------

[](#install)

Via Composer

```
$ composer require nyholm/http-client
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
// Create a PSR-7 request
$request = MessageFactoryDiscovery::find()->createRequest('GET', 'http://example.com');

// You will get back a PSR-7 response
$response = (new Client)->sendRequest($request);
```

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

There is no configuration of any kind that could be done to this client. If you want more functionality you should use Plugins to HTTPlug. See their [documentation](http://docs.php-http.org/en/latest/httplug/introduction.html).

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE) for more information.

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity17

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity48

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 76.2% 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3588d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/401ccc5eea13c60cf807ae982af00e368e2166e2f26d8eb541dcd881a57385bc?d=identicon)[Nyholm](/maintainers/Nyholm)

---

Top Contributors

[![Nyholm](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1275206?v=4)](https://github.com/Nyholm "Nyholm (16 commits)")[![nicholasruunu](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/483658?v=4)](https://github.com/nicholasruunu "nicholasruunu (5 commits)")

---

Tags

httppsr-7client

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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