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slick/json-api
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JSON:API specification library, providing content negotiation, error handling and pagination, as well as fetching, creation, updating and deleting resources

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Slick JSON API implementation package
=====================================

[](#slick-json-api-implementation-package)

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The `slick/json-api` library implements the [JSON:API 1.1 specification](https://jsonapi.org/format/1.1) and a [Slick module](https://www.slick-framework.com/documentation/modules.html). It supports a wide range of features, including content negotiation, error handling, pagination, and resource operations like fetching, creating, updating, and deleting.

This package is compliant with PSR-2 code standards and PSR-4 autoload standards. It also applies the [semantic version 2.0.0](http://semver.org) specification.

Install
-------

[](#install)

To integrate `slick/json-api` into your application, install it via Composer.

```
composer require slick/json-api
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Please check [documentation site](https://www.slick-framework.com/modules/json-api.html) for a complete reference.

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

We use [PHPSpec](http://www.phpspec.net/) for unit testing.

```
# unit tests
$ vendor/bin/phpspec
```

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

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.

Security
--------

[](#security)

If you discover any security related issues, please email  instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Slick framework](https://github.com/slickframework)
- [All Contributors](https://github.com/slickframework/json-api/graphs/contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE) for more information.

###  Health Score

51

—

FairBetter than 95% of packages

Maintenance70

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity22

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity82

Battle-tested with a long release history

 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 ~45 days

Recently: every ~114 days

Total

42

Last Release

167d ago

Major Versions

v0.11.2 → v1.0.02023-04-20

PHP version history (4 changes)v0.1.0PHP >=7.2

0.8.0PHP >=8.0

1.2.0PHP >=8.1

v1.5.0PHP >=8.3

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/101112?v=4)[fsilva](/maintainers/fsilva)[@fsilva](https://github.com/fsilva)

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Top Contributors

[![silvamfilipe](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5720969?v=4)](https://github.com/silvamfilipe "silvamfilipe (185 commits)")

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Tags

json-apipsr-15psr-7slick-phpslick-php-modules

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