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mapado/rest-client-sdk
A PHP toolkit for building REST API client SDKs. mapado/rest-client-sdk provides a structured base for wrapping HTTP endpoints, handling requests, responses, and serialization so you can expose a clean, reusable client API around any REST service.
Rest Client SDK for hydra API
Frequently asked questions about Rest Client Sdk
- Is mapado/rest-client-sdk a Laravel package?
- No. It is a generic PHP toolkit for building REST client SDKs around Hydra-style APIs, and it does not ship Laravel service providers, facades, or config conventions. In a Laravel app you would add your own service provider, config file, and container bindings to integrate it. Treat it as an infrastructure dependency rather than a Laravel-native package.
- How do I install mapado/rest-client-sdk with Composer?
- Install it with composer require mapado/rest-client-sdk, then confirm the resolved PHP and HTTP client constraints match your application. Because the repository provenance is unclear, pin the exact version in composer.json and commit the lock file. Run a sandbox install first to catch transitive dependency conflicts before touching production code.
- Which Laravel and PHP versions are compatible with this SDK?
- The package is framework-agnostic, so Laravel compatibility depends mainly on the PHP version and any Guzzle or PSR-18 constraints it pulls in. There is no documented Laravel support matrix, so validate the composer.json constraints against your target PHP and Laravel matrix. Test on the oldest and newest PHP versions you deploy before committing.
- How do I handle authentication and base URI configuration in Laravel?
- The SDK is a client base, so you supply the base URI and auth headers or HTTP client middleware yourself. Create a Laravel config file for the API base URL and credentials, read them via env(), and bind a configured client instance in a service provider. Keep secrets out of code and use Laravel's config caching in production.
- Does mapado/rest-client-sdk support Hydra pagination, JSON-LD, and filtering?
- It is aimed at Hydra/API Platform-style APIs, but the exact Hydra vocabulary, JSON-LD or HAL representations, and pagination format are not documented in the overview. Before adopting it, verify the SDK's assumptions against your target API's payloads. If the dialect differs, expect to add mapping or write a thin custom client instead.
- How should I integrate mapado/rest-client-sdk into a Laravel architecture?
- Place it behind an application-owned gateway or repository interface, with a dedicated adapter that maps SDK responses into your own DTOs. Register the adapter in a service provider and inject the interface into services or jobs, never into controllers directly. This keeps Hydra-specific behavior out of domain code and lets you swap the SDK later.
- Is mapado/rest-client-sdk safe to use in production?
- Be cautious. The package has low visible adoption, an unknown repository, and a modest technical score, which raises provenance and maintenance concerns. Pin a version, vendor or fork it if you adopt it, assign an internal owner, and review its dependency tree for security issues. Treat it as a tactical accelerator with a fallback plan.
- What HTTP client does mapado/rest-client-sdk use, Guzzle or PSR-18?
- The exact HTTP stack is not specified in the overview, so check composer.json for Guzzle or PSR-18 dependencies before installing. If it accepts a PSR-18 client, you can inject a Laravel-configured client with retry and logging middleware. If it hardcodes Guzzle, wrap it so you can still control timeouts and retries.
- How do I test a Laravel integration with this REST client SDK?
- Write contract tests against a sandbox or mocked Hydra endpoint covering auth, pagination, error payloads, and rate limits. Because it sits behind your adapter interface, you can replace it with a fake in unit tests and only exercise the real SDK in integration tests. Add feature-flagged read-only paths first so failures are contained.
- What are alternatives if mapado/rest-client-sdk is abandoned or unsuitable?
- A thin custom client built on Laravel's HTTP client or Guzzle is often a better long-term choice for a single Hydra API, because you control pagination, errors, and retries. API Platform's own tooling or generated clients are options if your API is API Platform-based. Deciding early to fork, vendor, or replace keeps you from being locked in.
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