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[API Development](/categories/api) 4. / 5. sleeping-owl/apist ActiveLibrary[API Development](/categories/api) sleeping-owl/apist ================== Package to provide api-like access to foreign sites based on html parsing 1.3.7(11y ago)3105.3k↓50%41[3 issues](https://github.com/sleeping-owl/apist/issues)MITHTMLPHP >=5.4.0 Since Oct 22Pushed 3y ago20 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/sleeping-owl/apist)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/sleeping-owl/apist)[ Docs](http://sleeping-owl-apist.gopagoda.com)[ RSS](/packages/sleeping-owl-apist/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (6)Dependencies (6)Versions (12)Used By (0) SleepingOwl Apist ----------------- [](#sleepingowl-apist) [![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/1c72075d2634b3a39042434131d56d10e9eb4221c1d3ffaea05937514ecad383/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f736c656570696e672d6f776c2f61706973742e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/sleeping-owl/apist)[![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/3065c7fdd9847e1c95757d9a208190c787d63ea4ab904f4faa32e63ec039ffd5/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f736c656570696e672d6f776c2f61706973742f762f737461626c652e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/sleeping-owl/apist)[![Total Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/7d059a0b633fed9a2dae2eb046ccff86bfe825aa73d4a4bb4a45c3c78429ba22/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f736c656570696e672d6f776c2f61706973742f646f776e6c6f6164732e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/sleeping-owl/apist)[![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/401ab813bee85b3611a8afbdf1b503d40eefba8e375963e17f13339333f4c1b3/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f736c656570696e672d6f776c2f61706973742f6c6963656e73652e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/sleeping-owl/apist)[![Code Climate](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/06db6c5c32f20046624b2d98d5ef9b59e30bc260efb427bf40b93e10e38b6f39/68747470733a2f2f636f6465636c696d6174652e636f6d2f6769746875622f736c656570696e672d6f776c2f61706973742f6261646765732f6770612e737667)](https://codeclimate.com/github/sleeping-owl/apist) SleepingOwl Apist is a small library which allows you to access any site in api-like style, based on html parsing. Overview -------- [](#overview) This package allows you to write method like this: ``` class WikiApi extends Apist { public function getBaseUrl() { return 'http://en.wikipedia.org'; } public function index() { return $this->get('/wiki/Main_Page', [ 'welcome_message' => Apist::filter('#mp-topbanner div:first')->text()->mb_substr(0, -1), 'portals' => Apist::filter('a[title^="Portal:"]')->each([ 'link' => Apist::current()->attr('href')->call(function ($href) { return $this->getBaseUrl() . $href; }), 'label' => Apist::current()->text() ]), 'languages' => Apist::filter('#p-lang li a[title]')->each([ 'label' => Apist::current()->text(), 'lang' => Apist::current()->attr('title'), 'link' => Apist::current()->attr('href')->call(function ($href) { return 'http:' . $href; }) ]), 'sister_projects' => Apist::filter('#mp-sister b a')->each()->text(), 'featured_article' => Apist::filter('#mp-tfa')->html() ]); } } ``` and get the following result: ``` { "welcome_message": "Welcome to Wikipedia", "portals": [ { "link": "http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portal:Arts", "label": "Arts" }, { "link": "http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portal:Biography", "label": "Biography" }, ... ], "languages": [ { "label": "Simple English", "lang": "Simple English", "link": "http:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/" }, { "label": "العربية", "lang": "Arabic", "link": "http:\/\/ar.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/" }, { "label": "Bahasa Indonesia", "lang": "Indonesian", "link": "http:\/\/id.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/" }, ... ], "sister_projects": [ "Commons", "MediaWiki", ... ], "featured_article": "..." } ``` Installation ------------ [](#installation) Require this package in your composer.json and run composer update (or run `composer require sleeping-owl/apist:1.x` directly): ``` "sleeping-owl/apist": "1.*" ``` Documentation ------------- [](#documentation) Documentation can be found at [sleeping owl apist](http://sleepingowlapist.cloudcontrolled.com/en/php/documentation). Examples -------- [](#examples) View [examples](http://sleepingowlapist.cloudcontrolled.com/en/php#examples). Support Library --------------- [](#support-library) You can donate via [PayPal](https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=AXJMWMRPCBGVA), Yandex money (410012943296949) or in BTC: 13k36pym383rEmsBSLyWfT3TxCQMN2Lekd Copyright and License --------------------- [](#copyright-and-license) Apist was written by Sleeping Owl and is released under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details. ### Health Score 40 — FairBetter than 88% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity42 Moderate usage in the ecosystem Community19 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity65 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 94.3% 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 ~13 days Recently: every ~27 days Total 11 Last Release 4087d ago ### Community Maintainers ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/da62224c5896d50a9def476b8bb1f404457e03540718205587bf666bf4ff94dc?d=identicon)[sleeping-owl](/maintainers/sleeping-owl) --- Top Contributors [![sleeping-owl](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9197310?v=4)](https://github.com/sleeping-owl "sleeping-owl (33 commits)")[![zamarawka](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9637438?v=4)](https://github.com/zamarawka "zamarawka (2 commits)") --- Tags apicrawler ### Code Quality TestsPHPUnit ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/sleeping-owl-apist/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/sleeping-owl-apist/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/sleeping-owl-apist) ``` ### Alternatives [craftcms/cms Craft CMS 3.6k3.6M2.6k](/packages/craftcms-cms)[openai-php/laravel OpenAI PHP for Laravel is a supercharged PHP API client that allows you to interact with the Open AI API 3.7k7.6M74](/packages/openai-php-laravel)[ec-cube/ec-cube EC-CUBE EC open platform. 78527.0k1](/packages/ec-cube-ec-cube)[nucleos/lastfm Last.fm webservice client for php. 1812.9k2](/packages/nucleos-lastfm) PHPackages © 2026 [Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)