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phpexperts/tempest-highlight-api
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A light-weight, dockerized API server for tempest/highlight.

v1.5.0(2y ago)34MITPHPPHP ^8.3

Since Mar 29Pushed 2y ago1 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/PHPExpertsInc/highlight.phpexperts.pro)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/phpexperts/tempest-highlight-api)[ RSS](/packages/phpexperts-tempest-highlight-api/feed)WikiDiscussions trunk Synced 1mo ago

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tempest/highlight API Server
----------------------------

[](#tempesthighlight-api-server)

This code is hosted at

License: MIT

### API Routes

[](#api-routes)

```
POST: /highlight
{
    "lang":  "language",
    "text":  "JSON-encoded text"
}

Output: text/html

```

### Installation Instructions

[](#installation-instructions)

**Via Composer + Docker:**

```
composer create-project phpexperts/tempest-highlight-api
cd tempest-highlight-api
# Edit the desired HTTP port in `docker-compose.yml`.
docker compose up -d

```

**Via Git + Nginx:**

Running natively requires PHP v8.3 or higher with ext-json.

```
sudo -s
cd /var/www
git clone https://github.com/PHPExpertsInc/highlight.phpexperts.pro
cd highlight.phpexperts.pro/

# Add a new virtualhost:
cp docker/web/sites/001_default.conf  /etc/nginx/sites-available/999_my-highlighter.conf
# Edit it and add a `server_name my.url;` directive.
systemctl restart nginx

```

Clients
-------

[](#clients)

### Pure JavaScript Client

[](#pure-javascript-client)

```

    console.log("Hello, World!");

```

### PHP Client

[](#php-client)

First, `composer require phpexperts/rest-speaker`. Then:

Copy \[src/client.php\] or copy this code directly.

```
    use PHPExperts\RESTSpeaker\NoAuth;
    use PHPExperts\RESTSpeaker\RESTSpeaker;

    $url = 'https://highlight.phpexperts.pro';
    $highlighter = new class(new NoAuth(), $url) extends RESTSpeaker {
        public function highlight(string $language, string $text): string
        {
            $result = $this->post('/highlight', [
                'lang' => $language,
                'text' => $text
            ]);

            if ($this->getLastStatusCode() === 400) {
                throw new \RuntimeException($result);
            }

            return $result;
        }
    };

    echo $highlighter->highlight('PHP', 'echo "Hello, World!\n";');
```

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity57

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 ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

772d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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