Http Factory Laravel Package

Product Decisions This Supports

• Enables interoperability with PSR-7 compliant HTTP clients (e.g., Guzzle, Nyholm), reducing integration costs for third-party APIs or microservices.
• Critical for build-vs-buy decisions: standardizes HTTP factory logic, eliminating custom implementations and avoiding vendor lock-in.
• Supports roadmap items requiring flexible HTTP client abstraction (e.g., API gateways, SDKs, or middleware that must work across multiple HTTP libraries).
• Use cases: Building reusable PHP libraries, enterprise services needing consistent HTTP message creation, or projects requiring compatibility with Symfony/Laravel ecosystem tools.

When to Consider This Package

• Adopt when developing libraries, frameworks, or services that must accept or provide PSR-17-compatible HTTP factories (e.g., allowing users to plug in their preferred client like Guzzle or RingCentral).
• Ideal for projects already using PSR-7 or integrating with PSR-17-compliant tools (e.g., Symfony HttpClient, Laravel HTTP client under the hood).
• Avoid if the project uses non-PSR-7 HTTP stacks (e.g., legacy cURL wrappers), has no need for interchangeable clients, or is a monolithic application with a single hardcoded HTTP client.
• Not needed if the team exclusively uses a framework that handles HTTP factories internally (e.g., Laravel’s built-in HTTP client without abstraction needs