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ossbrownie/http-client
======================

A simple HTTP client for sending HTTP requests and receiving responses based on CURL.

0.0.7(7y ago)02.2k2MITPHPPHP >=5.5

Since Nov 30Pushed 7y agoCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/ossbrownie/http-client)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/ossbrownie/http-client)[ Docs](https://github.com/ossbrownie/http-client)[ RSS](/packages/ossbrownie-http-client/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago

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HttpClient
==========

[](#httpclient)

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A simple HTTP client for sending HTTP requests and receiving responses.

curl
----

[](#curl)

A basic CURL wrapper for PHP (see  for more information about the libcurl extension for PHP)

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

[](#requirements)

- **PHP** >= 5.5
- **EXT-CURL** = \*
- **"ossbrownie/util"** = ~0.0.5

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

[](#installation)

Add a line to your "require" section in your composer configuration:

```
{
    "require": {
        "ossbrownie/http-client": "0.0.7"
    }
}
```

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

[](#documentation)

- [Usage](https://github.com/ossbrownie/http-client/wiki/Usage) - Example of using the HttpClient

Tests
-----

[](#tests)

To run the test suite, you need install the dependencies via composer, then run PHPUnit.

```
$> composer.phar install
$> ./vendor/bin/phpunit --bootstrap ./tests/bootstrap.php ./tests
```

License
-------

[](#license)

HttpClient is licensed under the [MIT License](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

Contact
-------

[](#contact)

Problems, comments, and suggestions all welcome:

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity17

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity53

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 ~80 days

Recently: every ~116 days

Total

7

Last Release

2603d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)0.0.1PHP >=5.3

0.0.5PHP >=5.5

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/95ddc0e4f15c2e3ddc54e453dda0664b9ae67fb06da8cbf70e197e40955e6d5b?d=identicon)[brownie](/maintainers/brownie)

---

Top Contributors

[![ossbrownie](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/29150511?v=4)](https://github.com/ossbrownie "ossbrownie (23 commits)")

---

Tags

httpresponserequestclientcurlhttp clienthttpclientbrowniereceiving responses

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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