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PURL Type Definition: composer

  • Type Name: Composer
  • Description: Composer PHP packages
  • Schema ID: https://packageurl.org/types/composer-definition.json

PURL Syntax​

The structure of a PURL for this package type is:

pkg:composer/<namespace>/<name>@<version>?<qualifiers>#<subpath>

Repository Information​

Namespace definition​

  • Requirement: Required
  • Native Label: vendor
  • Note: The namespace is the vendor. The namespace is not case sensitive and must be lowercased.

Name definition​

  • Requirement: Required
  • Native Label: name
  • Note: The name is not case sensitive and must be lowercased. Private, local packages may have no name. In this case you cannot create a purl for these.

Version definition​

  • Requirement: Optional
  • Native Label: version

Examples​

  • pkg:composer/laravel/laravel@5.5.0