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sqwad/direct-flow
=================

Direct Flow client for PHP

v1.0.1(4y ago)03MITPHPPHP ^7.4

Since Apr 26Pushed 4y ago1 watchersCompare

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Sqwad DirectFlow Client PHP library
===================================

[](#sqwad-directflow-client-php-library)

Instant bidirectional interactions made easy !

Guzzle is needed and included, but you can pass a custom client at construct time.

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require sqwad/direct-flow
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Note: Replace with your API keys

### Broadcast to any client

[](#broadcast-to-any-client)

```
use Sqwad\DirectFlow\DirectFlowClient

$client = new DirectFlowClient('d773cbae-a469-4bd0-93de-02cd3f76a987', 'd0e41aff-6a90-4d7a-9eee-db1998353192');
$client->publish([
    'foo' => 'bar',
]);

```

### Broadcast to a specific channel

[](#broadcast-to-a-specific-channel)

You can broadcast a message to a specific channel, for example a user UUID, a trading topic, ...

```
use Sqwad\DirectFlow\DirectFlowClient

$client = new DirectFlowClient('d773cbae-a469-4bd0-93de-02cd3f76a987', 'd0e41aff-6a90-4d7a-9eee-db1998353192');
$client->publish([
    'channel' => 'my-channel',
    'foo' => 'bar',
]);

```

### Send to recipient

[](#send-to-recipient)

You can send message or data to a specific recipient, to do so, the `to` field need to be set with websocket id.

```
use Sqwad\DirectFlow\DirectFlowClient

$client = new DirectFlowClient('d773cbae-a469-4bd0-93de-02cd3f76a987', 'd0e41aff-6a90-4d7a-9eee-db1998353192');
$client->publish([
    'to' => 'recipient-id',
    'foo' => 'bar',
]);

```

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 21% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity3

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity50

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 ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

1528d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4180708?v=4)[Nicolas Guillard](/maintainers/nitrique)[@nitrique](https://github.com/nitrique)

---

Top Contributors

[![nitrique](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4180708?v=4)](https://github.com/nitrique "nitrique (2 commits)")

---

Tags

restpusheventsreal-timepublishmessagingrealtimetriggerdirect flow

###  Code Quality

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