### Installation

Source: https://github.com/spatie/packagist-api/blob/main/README.md

Installs the spatie/packagist-api package using Composer.

```bash
composer require spatie/packagist-api
```

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### Get Statistics

Source: https://github.com/spatie/packagist-api/blob/main/README.md

Fetches overall statistics from the Packagist API.

```php
$packagist->getStatistics();
```

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### Get Package Download Stats

Source: https://github.com/spatie/packagist-api/blob/main/README.md

Retrieves download statistics for a given package.

```php
$packagist->getPackageDownloadStats('spatie/packagist-api');
$packagist->getPackageDownloadStats('spatie', 'packagist-api');
```

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### Get Package Data

Source: https://github.com/spatie/packagist-api/blob/main/README.md

Fetches package data using Composer metadata (faster, less data) or the Packagist API (slower, cached). Supports fetching metadata for dev branches.

```php
// Using the Composer metadata. (faster, but less data)
$packagist->getPackageMetadata('spatie/packagist-api');
$packagist->getPackageMetadata('spatie', 'packagist-api');

// Using the Composer metadata for dev branches.
$packagist->getPackageMetadata('spatie', 'packagist-api', true);

// Using the API. (slower, cached for 12 hours by Packagist.
$packagist->getPackage('spatie/packagist-api');
$packagist->getPackage('spatie', 'packagist-api');
```

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### Get Security Vulnerability Advisories

Source: https://github.com/spatie/packagist-api/blob/main/README.md

Retrieves security advisories for specified packages. Supports filtering by update timestamp and specific package versions.

```php
// Get advisories for specific packages
$packages = ['spatie/packagist-api'];
$advisories = $packagist->getAdvisories($packages);

// Get advisories for specific packages that were updated after some timestamp
$packages = ['spatie/packagist-api'];
$advisories = $packagist->getAdvisories($packages, strtotime('2 weeks ago'));

// Get advisories only for specific versions of specific packages
$packages = ['spatie/packagist-api' => '2.0.2'];
$advisories = $packagist->getAdvisoriesAffectingVersions($packages);
```

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### Client Initialization

Source: https://github.com/spatie/packagist-api/blob/main/README.md

Initializes the PackagistClient by passing a Guzzle client and a PackagistUrlGenerator instance.

```php
$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();
$generator = new \Spatie\Packagist\PackagistUrlGenerator();

$packagist = new \Spatie\Packagist\PackagistClient($client, $generator);
```

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### Search Packages

Source: https://github.com/spatie/packagist-api/blob/main/README.md

Searches for packages based on name, tags, or type. Supports combined search criteria and pagination.

```php
// Search packages by name.
$packagist->searchPackagesByName('packagist');

// Search packages by tag.
$packagist->searchPackagesByTags('psr-3');

// Search packages by type.
$packagist->searchPackagesByType('composer-plugin');

// Combined search.
$packagist->searchPackages('packagist', ['type' => 'library']);

// Get the third page, 10 items per page.
$packagist->searchPackagesByName('packagist', 3, 10);
```

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### List Popular Packages

Source: https://github.com/spatie/packagist-api/blob/main/README.md

Retrieves a paginated list of popular packages. Allows specifying page number and items per page.

```php
// List first page of popular packages
$packagist->getPopularPackages();

// Get the third page, 10 items per page.
$packagist->getPopularPackages(3, 10);
```

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### List Package Names

Source: https://github.com/spatie/packagist-api/blob/main/README.md

Fetches lists of package names from Packagist. Supports filtering by type or vendor.

```php
// All packages
$packagist->getPackagesNames();

// List packages by type.
$packagist->getPackagesNamesByType('composer-plugin');

// List packages by organization
$packagist->getPackagesNamesByVendor('spatie');
```

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