# Packagist Package Intelligence API (`intimate_pacu/packagist-package-intelligence-api`) Actor

Get public Packagist/Composer package metadata, downloads, stars, versions, licenses, and repository links for developer-market intelligence.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/intimate\_pacu/packagist-package-intelligence-api.md
- **Developed by:** [Intimate PAcu](https://apify.com/intimate_pacu) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, Business, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

Pay per usage

This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-usage

## 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.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — 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 Package Intelligence API

Low-risk public-data Actor for Composer/PHP package intelligence from the official public Packagist package API.

### What it does

Given Composer package names such as `laravel/framework`, the Actor returns structured package metadata:

- package name and description
- Packagist package URL and API URL
- repository/homepage links
- downloads, favorites, dependent/suggester counts where available
- GitHub star/watch/fork signals where available from Packagist
- latest version, latest release time, licenses, keywords
- optional recent version metadata

### Input

```json
{
  "packages": ["laravel/framework"],
  "maxResults": 1,
  "includeVersions": true
}
```

### Output

Each dataset item is one public Packagist package metadata record.

### Data source and compliance

This Actor uses public Packagist package metadata endpoints only. It does not use logins, private data, personal-profile scraping, paid APIs, residential proxies, or contact harvesting.

### Monetization hypothesis

PAY\_PER\_EVENT pricing is intended as `$0.005` Actor start plus `$0.01` per package result for dependency due diligence, software supply-chain intelligence, OSS ecosystem research, and agentic developer tooling workflows.

# Actor input Schema

## `packages` (type: `array`):

Composer package names as vendor/package, e.g. laravel/framework.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum packages to return.

## `includeVersions` (type: `boolean`):

Fetch recent version metadata from the public Packagist package API.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "packages": [
    "laravel/framework"
  ],
  "maxResults": 10,
  "includeVersions": true
}
```

# 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "packages": [
        "laravel/framework"
    ],
    "maxResults": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("intimate_pacu/packagist-package-intelligence-api").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 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);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "packages": ["laravel/framework"],
    "maxResults": 10,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("intimate_pacu/packagist-package-intelligence-api").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "packages": [
    "laravel/framework"
  ],
  "maxResults": 10
}' |
apify call intimate_pacu/packagist-package-intelligence-api --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=intimate_pacu/packagist-package-intelligence-api",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/n0CVvhXHY9qqoQFng/builds/jPDa2zwnHcErdwbAu/openapi.json