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smalot/kong-api
===============

PHP Wrapper for Kong API Gateway - Microservices Management Layer, delivering high performance and reliability.

v0.4(8y ago)126.4k3[1 issues](https://github.com/smalot/kong-api/issues)[1 PRs](https://github.com/smalot/kong-api/pulls)MITPHPPHP >=5.5

Since Sep 21Pushed 8y ago2 watchersCompare

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Kong
====

[](#kong)

PHP Wrapper for Kong API Gateway - Microservices Management Layer, delivering high performance and reliability.

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Compatibility
=============

[](#compatibility)

Currently supported Kong version: `0.11`.

Supported services:

- Api
- Certificate
- Consumer
- Plugin
- Sni
- Target
- Upstream

Requires at least PHP 5.6.

Install
=======

[](#install)

This library can be installed with composer:

```
composer require smalot/kong-api
```

Usage
=====

[](#usage)

```
$factory = new \Smalot\Kong\ServiceFactory();
/** @var \Smalot\Kong\Services\Api $service */
$service = $factory->get('api');
$response = $service->create(
  [
    'name' => $name,
    'uris' => '/ping',
    'upstream_url' => 'http://ping/',
  ]
);
$api = $response->json();
var_dump($api);
```

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 31% of packages

Maintenance0

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity24

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity51

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 ~4 days

Total

4

Last Release

3190d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

[![smalot](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1424035?v=4)](https://github.com/smalot "smalot (8 commits)")

---

Tags

composerkongkong-apiphp-wrapperreliability

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