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bencoderus/min-auth
===================

This package serves as a token based client authentication system.

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Min Auth
========

[](#min-auth)

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Min Auth is a Laravel package that allows you to create and manage a client based authentication system on your Laravel web application.

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

[](#installation)

This package requires PHP >= 7.2 and above. (Laravel 8 and PHP 8 support are available).

You can install the package via composer:

```
composer require bencoderus/min-auth
```

Publish migration and configurations.

```
php artisan min-auth:install
```

Run migrations

```
php artisan migrate
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

#### Min Auth commands

[](#min-auth-commands)

Publish migration and configurations.

```
php artisan min-auth:install
```

Create a client

```
php artisan min-auth:create-client {name}
```

### Using the middleware to protect your routes.

[](#using-the-middleware-to-protect-your-routes)

In your route add `auth.client`

```
Route::get('test', function(){
    return "Hello world";
})->middleware('auth.client');
```

In your controller add `auth.client`

```
public function __construct(){
    $this->middleware('auth.client');
}
```

#### Using the helpers

[](#using-the-helpers)

Import Min Auth Helper

```
use Bencoderus\MinAuth\MinAuth;
```

Create a client

```
MinAuth::createClient($name);
// Optional
MinAuth::createClient($name, $ip, $isBlacklisted);
```

Find a client by API key

```
MinAuth::findByApiKey($apiKey);
```

Blacklist a client

```
MinAuth::blacklistClient($client);
```

Whitelist a client

```
MinAuth::whitelistClient($client);
```

Refresh Client API key

```
MinAuth::refreshApiKey($client);
```

Update client Ip address

```
$ip = "127.0.0.8";
MinAuth::updateIpAddress($client, $ip);
```

#### Configuration

[](#configuration)

You can turn off IP Address verification via config/min-auth.php

### Testing

[](#testing)

```
composer test
```

### Changelog

[](#changelog)

Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information what has changed recently.

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.

### Security

[](#security)

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

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Benjamin Iduwe](https://github.com/bencoderus)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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 ~46 days

Total

3

Last Release

1869d ago

Major Versions

0.9.1 → 1.02021-04-02

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/39214789?v=4)[Benjamin Iduwe](/maintainers/bencoderus)[@bencoderus](https://github.com/bencoderus)

---

Top Contributors

[![bencoderus](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/39214789?v=4)](https://github.com/bencoderus "bencoderus (43 commits)")

---

Tags

phpapiclientlaravelauthAuthenticationbencoderusmin-auth

###  Code Quality

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