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shuchkin/react-http-client
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ReactPHP async HTTP client, minimal dependencies

0.2(6y ago)81.3k2MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Aug 17Pushed 6y ago1 watchersCompare

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react-http-client 0.2
=====================

[](#react-http-client-02)

[![](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/624e7e5c37b5b5c0d1a065a9da3b270340d9c9daf192c8b127bae93e794773cc/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f656e64706f696e742e7376673f75726c3d6874747073253341253246253246736869656c6473696f2d70617472656f6e2e6865726f6b756170702e636f6d25324673687563686b696e)](https://www.patreon.com/shuchkin)

ReactPHP async HTTP client, minimal dependencies:

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

[](#basic-usage)

```
$loop = \React\EventLoop\Factory::create();
$http = new \Shuchkin\ReactHTTP\Client( $loop );

$http->get( 'http://api.ipify.org' )->then(
	function( $content ) {
		echo $content; // 123.45.67.8
	}
);

$loop->run();
```

Post
----

[](#post)

```
$loop = \React\EventLoop\Factory::create();

$http = new \Shuchkin\ReactHTTP\Client( $loop );

$http->post( 'https://reqres.in/api/users', '{"name": "morpheus","job": "leader"}' )->then(
	function ( $content ) {
		echo $content;
	},
	function ( \Exception $ex ) {
		echo 'HTTP error '.$ex->getCode().' '.$ex->getMessage();
	}
);

$loop->run();

// {"name":"morpheus","job":"leader","id":"554","createdAt":"2018-12-17T10:31:29.469Z"}
```

Send headers
------------

[](#send-headers)

```
$loop = \React\EventLoop\Factory::create();
$http = new \Shuchkin\ReactHTTP\Client( $loop );

$http->get('https://jigsaw.w3.org/HTTP/TE/foo.txt',['User-Agent' => 'ReactPHP Awesome'] )->then(
	function ( $content ) {
		echo $content;
	},
	function ( \Exception $ex ) {
		echo 'HTTP error '.$ex->getCode().' '.$ex->getMessage();
	}
);
$loop->run();
```

Read chunks
-----------

[](#read-chunks)

```
$loop = \React\EventLoop\Factory::create();

$http = new \Shuchkin\ReactHTTP\Client( $loop );
$http->get( 'https://jigsaw.w3.org/HTTP/ChunkedScript' )->then(
	function () {
		echo PHP_EOL . 'Mission complete';
	},
	function ( \Exception $ex ) {
		echo 'ERROR '.$ex->getCode().' '.$ex->getMessage();
	}
);

$http->on('chunk', function( $chunk ) {
	echo PHP_EOL.'-- CHUNK='.$chunk;
});

$loop->run();
```

Get headers & debug
-----------------------

[](#get-headers--debug)

```
$loop = \React\EventLoop\Factory::create();

$http = new \Shuchkin\ReactHTTP\Client( $loop );

$http->request('GET','https://reqres.in/api/users')->then(
	function( \Shuchkin\ReactHTTP\Client $client ) {
		// dump response headers
		print_r( $client->headers );
		// dump content
		echo PHP_EOL . $client->content;
	},
	function ( \Exception $ex ) {
		echo 'ERROR '.$ex->getCode().' '.$ex->getMessage();
	}
);
// enable debug mode
$http->on('debug', function( $s ) { echo trim($s).PHP_EOL; } );
$loop->run();
```

Install
-------

[](#install)

The recommended way to install this library is [through Composer](https://getcomposer.org). [New to Composer?](https://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md)

This will install the latest supported version:

```
$ composer require shuchkin/react-http-client
```

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity22

Limited adoption so far

Community9

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

2462d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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---

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