# dakrone/clj-http

An idiomatic clojure http client wrapping the apache client. Officially supported version.

Repository: https://github.com/dakrone/clj-http
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/clj-http
Homepage: http://clojars.org/clj-http
Language: Clojure
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-07-30T22:13:14+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 75/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 95, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5474, "days_push": 34, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_readme
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1824, forks 411 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:41.231227+00:00)

## What it is
clj-http is an idiomatic Clojure HTTP client library that wraps the Apache HttpComponents client. It is the officially supported version of the popular clj-http library with a large ecosystem of dependents.

## Use cases
- make HTTP requests from Clojure code
- call REST APIs from a Clojure application
- download files over HTTP in a JVM project
- send multipart form uploads from Clojure
- handle redirects, cookies, and caching in HTTP calls
- consume JSON APIs from a Clojure backend

## When to choose
- you are writing Clojure or ClojureScript-on-JVM code that needs an HTTP client
- you want an idiomatic Clojure API over the battle-tested Apache HttpComponents client
- you need a mature, widely-used library with extensive community dependents

## When to avoid
- you are not on the JVM and need a pure ClojureScript client
- you prefer a non-blocking async-first client like http-kit or clj-http-lite alternatives
- you want to avoid pulling in the Apache HttpComponents dependency tree

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: http-client
- domain: web-development, developer-tools, apis
- platform: jvm, cross-platform
- tags: clojure, apache-httpclient, http-requests

## Member repositories
- dakrone/clj-http (main) score 75

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:41.231227+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:19:43.511253+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - homepage: http://clojars.org/clj-http (fetched 2026-08-29T10:58:39.107076+00:00, sha b206921dde4e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.