# nategood/httpful

A Chainable, REST Friendly, PHP HTTP Client.  A sane alternative to cURL.

Repository: https://github.com/nategood/httpful
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/httpful
Language: PHP
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2025-10-24T12:11:35+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 54/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 48, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5355, "days_push": 313, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1769, forks 298 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:33.739105+00:00)

## What it is
Httpful is a chainable, REST-friendly HTTP client library for PHP 8.0+ that emphasizes readability and simplicity. It provides automatic response parsing, payload serialization, and authentication features as a sane alternative to raw cURL usage.

## Use cases
- make http requests in php without curl boilerplate
- call rest apis with automatic json parsing
- send post/put/delete requests with a fluent chainable api
- add basic auth or client certificates to php http requests
- parse api responses as json or xml automatically

## When to choose
- you want a simple, readable php http client instead of raw cURL
- you need automatic smart parsing of JSON/XML responses
- you prefer a fluent, chainable request-building api

## When to avoid
- you need async/concurrent requests or advanced features like retries and middleware
- your project uses Guzzle or a framework with its own http client
- you need http/2 or multiplexing support

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: http-client, serialization, auth
- domain: web-development, apis, developer-tools
- platform: php
- tags: rest-client, chainable-api, curl-alternative

## Member repositories
- nategood/httpful (main) score 54

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:33.739105+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 2026-08-30T03:26:06.246366+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nategood/httpful (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:33.739105+00:00, sha 3eba8711fcbd)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.