# Packagist PHP package scraper (`mangudai/packagist-php-package-scraper`) Actor Search and export PHP and Composer package data from Packagist. Get download counts, GitHub stars, dependents, maintainers, latest version, license and dependencies for any package. No login or API key. - **URL**: https://apify.com/mangudai/packagist-php-package-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [MangudΓ€i](https://apify.com/mangudai) (community) - **Categories:** Developer tools, Automation, Open source - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $0.01 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Packagist PHP package scraper Pull structured data on any PHP package from [Packagist](https://packagist.org), the main Composer registry. Search by keyword, grab the most popular packages, or look up exact packages by name. Every result comes back as a clean row with download counts, GitHub stars, dependents, maintainers, the latest version, license and dependencies. The actor reads the public Packagist API. No login, no API key, no proxy. ### What you can do with it - Find packages in a niche and rank them by real usage (total, monthly and daily installs). - Map an ecosystem: pull every `symfony-bundle` or `laravel` package with its stars, dependents and maintainers. - Audit dependencies: fetch exact `vendor/name` packages and read their required PHP version, license and requires list. - Spot abandoned packages and their suggested replacements before you adopt them. - Build datasets for package discovery tools, dependency dashboards, or market research on the PHP ecosystem. ### Input | Field | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `queries` | array | Keywords to search Packagist for, such as `laravel`, `pdf`, `logging`. | | `packageNames` | array | Exact packages in `vendor/name` form, such as `monolog/monolog`. | | `tags` | array | Optional Packagist tags to search, such as `orm`, `cache`. | | `type` | string | Optional package type filter, such as `library`, `symfony-bundle`. | | `includePopular` | boolean | Also add the most downloaded packages on Packagist. | | `fetchDetails` | boolean | Fetch full metadata per package. On by default. | | `maxItems` | integer | Maximum number of packages to return. Default 100. | If you leave every discovery field empty, the actor returns the most popular packages so a run always has data. #### Example input ```json { "queries": ["laravel", "pdf"], "includePopular": false, "fetchDetails": true, "maxItems": 200 } ```` ### Output One row per package. Fields include: `name`, `vendor`, `shortName`, `description`, `type`, `language`, `repository`, `packagistUrl`, `downloadsTotal`, `downloadsMonthly`, `downloadsDaily`, `favers`, `githubStars`, `githubForks`, `githubOpenIssues`, `dependents`, `suggesters`, `maintainers`, `latestVersion`, `latestVersionTime`, `license`, `requiresPhp`, `requires`, `keywords`, `homepage`, `authors`, `abandoned`, `abandonedReplacement`. #### Example record ```json { "name": "monolog/monolog", "vendor": "monolog", "description": "Sends your logs to files, sockets, inboxes, databases and various web services", "repository": "https://github.com/Seldaek/monolog", "downloadsTotal": 1028928538, "downloadsMonthly": 16637321, "githubStars": 21395, "dependents": 8404, "latestVersion": "3.9.0", "license": "MIT", "requiresPhp": ">=8.1", "maintainers": ["Seldaek"] } ``` ### Notes Data comes from the public Packagist API and reflects what the registry publishes. Download counts, stars and dependents update as Packagist updates them. The actor paginates search results, retries transient errors, and caps output at `maxItems`. # Actor input Schema ## `queries` (type: `array`): Keywords to search Packagist for, for example "laravel", "pdf" or "logging". Each query returns its matching packages. ## `packageNames` (type: `array`): Exact package names in vendor/name form, for example "monolog/monolog", to fetch directly. ## `tags` (type: `array`): Optional Packagist tags to search, for example "orm" or "cache". ## `type` (type: `string`): Optional package type filter, for example library, symfony-bundle or composer-plugin. ## `includePopular` (type: `boolean`): Also add the most downloaded packages on Packagist to the results. ## `fetchDetails` (type: `boolean`): For each package, fetch full metadata: download stats, GitHub stars, maintainers, dependents, latest version, license and dependencies. ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of packages to return. ## Actor input object example ```json { "queries": [ "laravel" ], "includePopular": false, "fetchDetails": true, "maxItems": 100 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): No description # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "queries": [ "laravel" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("mangudai/packagist-php-package-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`πŸ’Ύ Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // πŸ“š Want to learn more πŸ“–? Go to β†’ https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "queries": ["laravel"] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("mangudai/packagist-php-package-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("πŸ’Ύ Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # πŸ“š Want to learn more πŸ“–? Go to β†’ https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "queries": [ "laravel" ] }' | apify call mangudai/packagist-php-package-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=mangudai/packagist-php-package-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Packagist PHP package scraper", "description": "Search and export PHP and Composer package data from Packagist. Get download counts, GitHub stars, dependents, maintainers, latest version, license and dependencies for any package. No login or API key.", "version": "0.0", "x-build-id": "2FMjlcWbScOJevGG6" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/mangudai~packagist-php-package-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-mangudai-packagist-php-package-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/mangudai~packagist-php-package-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-mangudai-packagist-php-package-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/mangudai~packagist-php-package-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-mangudai-packagist-php-package-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "queries": { "title": "Search queries", "type": "array", "description": "Keywords to search Packagist for, for example \"laravel\", \"pdf\" or \"logging\". Each query returns its matching packages.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "packageNames": { "title": "Specific packages", "type": "array", "description": "Exact package names in vendor/name form, for example \"monolog/monolog\", to fetch directly.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "tags": { "title": "Tag filters", "type": "array", "description": "Optional Packagist tags to search, for example \"orm\" or \"cache\".", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "type": { "title": "Package type", "type": "string", "description": "Optional package type filter, for example library, symfony-bundle or composer-plugin." }, "includePopular": { "title": "Include most popular packages", "type": "boolean", "description": "Also add the most downloaded packages on Packagist to the results.", "default": false }, "fetchDetails": { "title": "Fetch full package details", "type": "boolean", "description": "For each package, fetch full metadata: download stats, GitHub stars, maintainers, dependents, latest version, license and dependencies.", "default": true }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max packages", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 10000, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of packages to return.", "default": 100 } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```