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Packagist Package Structure

Operational structure of a Packagist package as returned by /packages/{vendor}/{package}.json.

Type: Properties: 0
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PackagistPackage is a JSON Structure definition published by Packagist. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/schema/v1 meta-schema.

Meta-schema: https://json-structure.org/schema/v1

JSON Structure

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{
  "$schema": "https://json-structure.org/schema/v1",
  "name": "PackagistPackage",
  "description": "Operational structure of a Packagist package as returned by /packages/{vendor}/{package}.json.",
  "structure": {
    "package": {
      "identity": {
        "name": "string (vendor/package)",
        "type": "string (library | project | metapackage | composer-plugin)",
        "language": "string"
      },
      "presentation": {
        "description": "string",
        "repository": "uri",
        "time": "datetime (first registered)"
      },
      "people": {
        "maintainers": "array<Maintainer>",
        "authors": "array<Author> (per-version)"
      },
      "metrics": {
        "downloads": {
          "total": "integer",
          "monthly": "integer",
          "daily": "integer"
        },
        "favers": "integer",
        "dependents": "integer",
        "suggesters": "integer",
        "github_stars": "integer",
        "github_forks": "integer",
        "github_watchers": "integer",
        "github_open_issues": "integer"
      },
      "versions": {
        "key": "version string (e.g., 3.7.0 or dev-main)",
        "value": {
          "identity": {
            "version": "string",
            "version_normalized": "string",
            "type": "string"
          },
          "release": {
            "time": "datetime",
            "license": "array<string>",
            "source": "VcsReference",
            "dist": "DistArchive"
          },
          "dependencies": {
            "require": "map<package, constraint>",
            "require-dev": "map<package, constraint>",
            "suggest": "map<package, string>"
          },
          "loading": {
            "autoload": "object",
            "bin": "array<string>"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

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