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vcarreira/wordsapi
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A simple PHP WordsAPI wrapper. A dictionary and thesaurus for the English language.

1.0.1(10y ago)320.1k1MITPHPPHP >= 5.5.9

Since Feb 12Pushed 10y ago1 watchersCompare

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WordsApi
========

[](#wordsapi)

A wrapper around [WordsAPI](https://www.wordsapi.com).

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

[](#installation)

Add the following line to the `require` section of `composer.json`:

```
{
    "require": {
        "vcarreira/wordsapi": ">= 1.0"
    }
}
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

In order to use the wrapper you must first get an API key from [WordsAPI](https://www.wordsapi.com). The following examples show how to use the WordsService to fetch information regarding some word.

```
    $service = new \WordsApi\WordService(API_KEY);
    $word = $service->word('effect');
    var_dump($word->definitions());
    var_dump($word->synonyms());
    var_dump($word->rhymes());
    var_dump($word->pronunciation());
```

Limitation
----------

[](#limitation)

Version 1.0 does not support search requests.

Links
-----

[](#links)

- [WordsAPI](https://www.wordsapi.com)
- [WordsAPI documentation](https://www.wordsapi.com/docs)

###  Health Score

32

—

LowBetter than 69% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity27

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

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 ~3 days

Total

2

Last Release

3787d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2463328?v=4)[Vitor Carreira](/maintainers/vcarreira)[@vcarreira](https://github.com/vcarreira)

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Top Contributors

[![vcarreira](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2463328?v=4)](https://github.com/vcarreira "vcarreira (4 commits)")

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languagedictionarythesaurus

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