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programmatordev/sportmonksfootball-php-api
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SportMonksFootball PHP library that provides convenient access to the SportMonks Football API

v3.0.1(4mo ago)222↓33.3%MITPHPPHP >=8.1CI passing

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SportMonksFootball PHP API
==========================

[](#sportmonksfootball-php-api)

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SportMonksFootball PHP library that provides convenient access to the SportMonks Football API.

Supports [PSR-18 HTTP clients](https://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-18), [PSR-17 HTTP factories](https://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-17), [PSR-6 caches](https://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-6) and [PSR-3 logs](https://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-3).

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

[](#requirements)

- PHP 8.1 or higher.

API Key
-------

[](#api-key)

A key is required to be able to make requests to the API. You must sign up for a [SportMonks account](https://www.sportmonks.com/football-api/) to get one.

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

[](#installation)

Install the library via [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/):

```
composer require programmatordev/sportmonksfootball-php-api
```

Basic Usage
-----------

[](#basic-usage)

Simple usage looks like:

```
use ProgrammatorDev\SportMonksFootball\SportMonksFootball;

// initialize
$api = new SportMonksFootball('yourapikey');

// get all livescores of the current day
$livescores = $api->livescores()->getAll();
```

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

[](#documentation)

- [Usage](docs/01-usage.md)
- [Configuration](docs/02-configuration.md)
- [Supported Endpoints](docs/03-supported-endpoints.md)
    - [Football](docs/03-supported-endpoints.md#football-endpoints)
    - [Odds](docs/03-supported-endpoints.md#odds-endpoints)
    - [Core](docs/03-supported-endpoints.md#core-endpoints)
- [Error Handling](docs/04-error-handling.md)
- [Entities](docs/05-entities.md)

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Any form of contribution to improve this library (including requests) will be welcome and appreciated. Make sure to open a pull request or issue.

License
-------

[](#license)

This project is licensed under the MIT license. Please see the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file distributed with this source code for further information regarding copyright and licensing.

###  Health Score

40

—

FairBetter than 88% of packages

Maintenance74

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~52 days

Recently: every ~42 days

Total

16

Last Release

146d ago

Major Versions

v1.2.0 → v2.0.02024-05-28

v2.4.0 → v3.0.02025-11-24

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

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###  Code Quality

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