PHPackages                             almahari/laravel-api-explorer - PHPackages - PHPackages  [Skip to content](#main-content)[PHPackages](/)[Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Leaderboard](/leaderboard)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)[Collections](/collections)[Log in](/login)[Sign up](/register)

1. [Directory](/)
2. /
3. [HTTP &amp; Networking](/categories/http)
4. /
5. almahari/laravel-api-explorer

ActiveLibrary[HTTP &amp; Networking](/categories/http)

almahari/laravel-api-explorer
=============================

API explorer for laravel application

2.0.3(5y ago)21.2k1MITJavaScript

Since Jul 25Pushed 4y agoCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/almahari/laravel-api-explorer)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/almahari/laravel-api-explorer)[ Docs](https://github.com/netojose/laravel-api-explorer)[ RSS](/packages/almahari-laravel-api-explorer/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago

READMEChangelogDependenciesVersions (8)Used By (0)

Laravel API explorer
====================

[](#laravel-api-explorer)

[![Latest Version on Packagist](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/c6fc551a56e5a480de0544691036265ba09eb815344162a0005c1f2783324b57/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f762f6e65746f6a6f73652f6c61726176656c2d6170692d6578706c6f7265722e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://packagist.org/packages/netojose/laravel-api-explorer)[![Total Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/e3226f79db248d6938ce4e8b9f86f29c07abdcf749ff6e0652adf2fe3a102125/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f64742f6e65746f6a6f73652f6c61726176656c2d6170692d6578706c6f7265722e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://packagist.org/packages/netojose/laravel-api-explorer)

Interactive Laravel API explorer. You don't need to write/update documentation for your API. On the fly, Your API documentation will always be available in an interactive way.

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Quick install (one-step install, no code change needed);
- Zero config needed;
- Store config/parameters to be used anytime;
- Variables: you can set variables (like id's, tokens, etc. to be used in any place like querystring, header, body, etc.);
- Global headers: You can set global headers (like tokens, content-type, etc.) to be used in all requests.

Live Demo
---------

[](#live-demo)

Using variables
---------------

[](#using-variables)

You can click on top right icon (wrench) and add your variables. When you will need to set some querystring parameter, header value, body content, etc., you can use `${VARIABLE_NAME}`, and this placeholder will be replaced by your variable.

Using global headers
--------------------

[](#using-global-headers)

If you API needs some header in all request (or almost), you can set global headers instead of create these headers for every request. You can click on top right icon (wrench) and add your global headers.

Screenshots
-----------

[](#screenshots)

### Routes list

[](#routes-list)

[![Routes list](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/a0d07083375b823f6ef63ebdbb317faf9214d7c1ccd1ea1deec656b5f86c0007/68747470733a2f2f692e696d6775722e636f6d2f4d413237446a732e706e67 "Routes list")](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/a0d07083375b823f6ef63ebdbb317faf9214d7c1ccd1ea1deec656b5f86c0007/68747470733a2f2f692e696d6775722e636f6d2f4d413237446a732e706e67)

### Route info

[](#route-info)

[![Route info](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/d504bc6aa4538fc7196da614805a50f598b123ef0edff32ae5afed97394edfc4/68747470733a2f2f692e696d6775722e636f6d2f6c5a724350557a2e706e67 "Route info")](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/d504bc6aa4538fc7196da614805a50f598b123ef0edff32ae5afed97394edfc4/68747470733a2f2f692e696d6775722e636f6d2f6c5a724350557a2e706e67)

### Request/response

[](#requestresponse)

[![Request/response](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/3816beccb5abd06de5e0209094bad20b796bdc06136a60f0b0884b8fcf588fe8/68747470733a2f2f692e696d6775722e636f6d2f6466586c7869562e706e67 "Request/response")](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/3816beccb5abd06de5e0209094bad20b796bdc06136a60f0b0884b8fcf588fe8/68747470733a2f2f692e696d6775722e636f6d2f6466586c7869562e706e67)

### Response info

[](#response-info)

[![Response info](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/bcde8c48c0ee7158a51af3b9f50cfe798739dcda64aa5d2f5f2ab7c8954299e0/68747470733a2f2f692e696d6775722e636f6d2f4170504f3941752e706e67 "Response info")](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/bcde8c48c0ee7158a51af3b9f50cfe798739dcda64aa5d2f5f2ab7c8954299e0/68747470733a2f2f692e696d6775722e636f6d2f4170504f3941752e706e67)

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Via Composer

```
$ composer require netojose/laravel-api-explorer
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

You just need access `yourdomain.com/api-explorer`

Configuration
-------------

[](#configuration)

Optionally you can copy config file to override default package configuration

```
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="NetoJose\LaravelApiExplorer\LaravelApiExplorerServiceProvider"
```

Now you have a `config/laravelapiexplorer.php` file inside your project,and you can make your changes. Available configurations:

ConfigurationDescriptionDefaultenabledDetermine if the explorer will availabletruerouteThe route to access explorer pageapi-explorermatchPattern to routes to be available on explorerapi/\*ignoreArray of routes to be ignored. You can use a pattern of a route path or route name\[,'/',\]Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [contributing.md](contributing.md) for details and a todolist.

Security
--------

[](#security)

If you discover any security related issues, please email  instead of using the issue tracker.

###  Health Score

32

—

LowBetter than 71% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 83.1% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~188 days

Recently: every ~234 days

Total

6

Last Release

1902d ago

Major Versions

1.0.1 → 2.0.02019-10-06

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b44df3efb7443fd0bdc5fb644f0c1cd4410d38bf2e796738f89b4241daed32b8?d=identicon)[alialmahari](/maintainers/alialmahari)

---

Top Contributors

[![netojose](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/134008?v=4)](https://github.com/netojose "netojose (74 commits)")[![dependabot[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/29110?v=4)](https://github.com/dependabot[bot] "dependabot[bot] (6 commits)")[![almahari](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/26455591?v=4)](https://github.com/almahari "almahari (5 commits)")[![1ali1](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/232095?v=4)](https://github.com/1ali1 "1ali1 (4 commits)")

---

Tags

apilaravelrestlaravel-api-explorer

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/almahari-laravel-api-explorer/health.svg)

```
[![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/almahari-laravel-api-explorer/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/almahari-laravel-api-explorer)
```

###  Alternatives

[netojose/laravel-api-explorer

API explorer for laravel application

14635.8k](/packages/netojose-laravel-api-explorer)[lomkit/laravel-rest-api

A package to build quick and robust rest api for the Laravel framework.

59152.2k](/packages/lomkit-laravel-rest-api)[api-platform/laravel

API Platform support for Laravel

59126.4k6](/packages/api-platform-laravel)[laragear/api-manager

Manage multiple REST servers to make requests in few lines and fluently.

161.8k](/packages/laragear-api-manager)

PHPackages © 2026

[Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)
