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bogosoft/http-auth
==================

A library for PSR-7 and PSR-15 compliant authentication middleware.

1.0.0(5y ago)03MITPHPPHP >=7.4

Since Nov 29Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

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bogosoft/http-auth
==================

[](#bogosofthttp-auth)

A PHP library for PSR-7 and PSR-15 compliant authentication middleware.

### Requirements

[](#requirements)

- PHP >= 7.4

### Package Dependencies

[](#package-dependencies)

- [bogosoft/identity](https://packagist.org/packages/bogosoft/identity)

### Installation

[](#installation)

```
composer require bogosoft/http-auth
```

### Summary

[](#summary)

This small library contains a PSR-15 compliant authentication middleware component, `AuthenticationMiddleware`, with the following responsibilities:

- Derive a security context (`IPrincipal` object) from a PSR-7 compliant HTTP request. The `IPrincipal` contract is from the [`bogosoft/identity`](https://packagist.org/packages/bogosoft/identity) package.
- Pass the derived security context to a `IPrincipalHandler` object on a successful authentication attempt.
- Immediately return an HTTP response with a `401 Unauthorized` status code on a failed authentication attempt. this is configurable.

### Interfaces

[](#interfaces)

NamePurpose[`IAuthenticator`](src/IAuthenticator.php)Derives a security context (`IPrincipal`) from an HTTP request.[`IPrincipalHandler`](src/IPrincipalHandler.php)Handles a derived security context and allows for HTTP request modification.### Implementations

[](#implementations)

NameInterfaceDetails[`CompositeAuthenticator`](src/CompositeAuthenticator.php)`IAuthenticator`Allows multiple `IAuthenticator` objects to behave as one.[`DelegatedAuthenticator`](src/DelegatedAuthenticator.php)`IAuthenticator`Turns a `callable` object in an `IAuthenticator` interface.[`AuthenticationMiddleware`](src/AuthenticationMiddleware.php)`MiddlewareInterface`An authenticating middleware component.[`AttributePrincipalHandler`](src/AttributePrincipalHandler.php)`IPrincipalHandler`Stores the derived `IPrincipal` object into a mutated HTTP request as an attribute.[`DelegatedPrincipalHandler`](src/DelegatedPrincipalHandler.php)`IPrincipalHandler`Turns a `callable` object into a `IPrincipalHandler`.

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 26% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity3

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity54

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

2041d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![bogocles](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8812030?v=4)](https://github.com/bogocles "bogocles (3 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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