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devlabor/laravel-api
====================

Laravel Package for building REST API rapidly.

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Laravel Package for building REST API rapidly.
==============================================

[](#laravel-package-for-building-rest-api-rapidly)

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This package is based on "spatie/laravel-query-builder" allows you to rapidly creating API controllers for your Laravel application. This package also works with authorization policies.

Basic Usage
-----------

[](#basic-usage)

Create a new API controller: `ProductApiController`:

```
use DevLabor\Api\Http\Controllers\ApiController;

// ...

class ProductApiController extends ApiController
{
// ...
}
```

Extend your API routes within `routes/api.php`:

```
// ...

Route::resource('products', 'Api\ProductApiController');
```

Sometimes you need an identifcation for the object in your api. For this reason, you can use the `DevLabor\Api\Http\Resources\ApiResource` as base class for your own resource classes:

```
use DevLabor\Api\Http\Resources\ApiResource;

class Product extends ApiResource
{
//
}
```

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

[](#installation)

You can install the package via composer:

```
composer require devlabor/laravel-api
```

You can optionally publish the config file with:

```
php artisan vendor:publish --tag=api
```

This is the contents of the published config file:

```
return [
	'pagination' => [
		/**
		 * Number of items per page returned in index()
		 */
		'items' => 20
	]
];
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Configure policy authorization

[](#configure-policy-authorization)

By adapting the `$authorizeAbilities` member in the controller class, the authorization check can be partially restricted.

```
// ...

protected $authorizeAbilities = [
	'viewAny', // index
	'view', // show
	'store',
	'update',
	'destroy'
];
```

For more information about policies, take a look at Laravel's [Creating Policies](https://laravel.com/docs/9.x/authorization#creating-policies)

### Disable policy authorization

[](#disable-policy-authorization)

You are able to disable the complete check with following member change in your controller class.

```
protected $authorizeAbilities = false;
```

### Configure custom paths

[](#configure-custom-paths)

```
    /**
     * Models location
     * @var string
     */
    protected $modelPath = 'App\\Models\\';

    /**
     * Resources location
     * @var string
     */
    protected $resourcePath = 'App\\Http\\Resources\\';
```

### 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.

License
-------

[](#license)

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

###  Health Score

32

—

LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity69

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 91.3% 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 ~180 days

Recently: every ~261 days

Total

7

Last Release

1389d ago

Major Versions

v1.0.4 → v2.0.02022-07-12

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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---

Tags

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPsalm

Code StylePHP CS Fixer

Type Coverage Yes

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