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[HTTP & Networking](/categories/http) 4. / 5. hesamrad/laravel-flashlight ActiveLibrary[HTTP & Networking](/categories/http) hesamrad/laravel-flashlight =========================== A Laravel Package to Log Requests v1.2.2(2y ago)142211MITPHPPHP ^7.4|^8.0|^8.1|^8.2 Since Jan 29Pushed 1y ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/hesamzakerirad/laravel-flashlight)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/hesamrad/laravel-flashlight)[ Docs](https://github.com/hesamzakerirad/laravel-flashlight)[ RSS](/packages/hesamrad-laravel-flashlight/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (5)Versions (12)Used By (0) [![Flashlight Cover](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hesamzakerirad/laravel-flashlight/master/media/cover.jpg "Flashlight Cover")](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hesamzakerirad/laravel-flashlight/master/media/cover.jpg) Laravel Flashlight ================== [](#laravel-flashlight) Laravel-Flashlight is a minimal package to log incoming requests to your application; it is highly customizable and easy to install. How to install? --------------- [](#how-to-install) Take these steps to install Flashlight. ### Step #1 [](#step-1) Install the package from Composer. ``` composer require hesamrad/laravel-flashlight ``` ### Step #2 [](#step-2) Publish congifuration file. ``` php artisan vendor:publish --provider="HesamRad\Flashlight\FlashlightServiceProvider" --tag="flashlight-config" ``` ### Step #3 [](#step-3) Publish migration file. (Only if you want to store logs inside your database.) ``` php artisan vendor:publish --provider="HesamRad\Flashlight\FlashlightServiceProvider" --tag="flashlight-migration" ``` ### Step #4 [](#step-4) Apply middleware on routes. ``` Route::middleware('flashlight')->group(function () { Route::get('/', [SomeController::class, 'index']); }); ``` And you're done! Now every request that goes through Flashlight will be logged to be monitored later. Note that all Flashlight logs are stored in `flashlight.log` file under `storage/logs`. --- How to customize Flashlight? ---------------------------- [](#how-to-customize-flashlight) ### Kill Switch [](#kill-switch) If you wish to turn Flashlight on/off for a short time, you can do so by editing `enabled` key inside `flashlight.php` config file under `App/config`. ``` 'enabled' => true ``` Note that by default Flashlight **is** enabled. --- ### Driver Option [](#driver-option) There are a number of drivers you can choose to log the incoming requests to your application. You could choose `file` or `database` which will respectively store log records in a local file or a database table. You can change the driver by editing `driver` key inside `flashlight.php` config file under `App/config`. (This value corresponds to an existing key inside `drivers` array.) ``` 'driver' => 'file' ``` Note that Flashlight uses `file` driver as its default driver. --- ### HTTP Method Customization [](#http-method-customization) If you wish to customize HTTP methods to log, you can do so by editing `excluded_methods` array inside `flashlight.php` config file under `App/config`. For example: ``` 'excluded_methods' => [ 'put', ] ``` By doing this, all `PUT` requests are ignored by Flashlight. Note that by default all HTTP method **are** logged by Flashlight. --- ### Log Request Headers [](#log-request-headers) If you wish to log request headers, you can do so by editing `log_headers` key inside `flashlight.php` config file under `App/config`. ``` 'log_headers' => true ``` Note that by default request headers **are** logged by Flashlight. --- ### Log Request Body [](#log-request-body) If you wish to log request body, you can do so by editing `log_body` key inside `flashlight.php` config file under `App/config`. ``` 'log_body' => true ``` Note that by default request body **is** logged by Flashlight. --- ### Request Parameters Customization [](#request-parameters-customization) If you wish to customize request parameters to log, you can do so by editing `excluded_parameters` array inside `flashlight.php` config file under `App/config`. For example: ``` 'excluded_parameters' => [ 'password', 'password_confirmation', ] ``` By doing this, all specified parameters are ignored by Flashlight. Note that by default `password` and `password_confirmation` parameters **are** ignored by Flashlight. --- ### URI Customization [](#uri-customization) If you wish to customize URIs to log, you can do so by editing `excluded_uris` array inside `flashlight.php` config file under `App/config`. For example: ``` 'excluded_uris' => [ 'admins*', ] ``` By doing this, all requests under `/admins` are ignored by Flashlight. Note that by default all requests **are** logged by Flashlight. --- ### Log table getting too big? [](#log-table-getting-too-big) No problem! Flashlight comes with a prune command to remove old logs to maintain a lighter table inside your storage. All you have to do, is to run `php artisan flashlight:prune` command to make this happen. Note that by default value is 30 days; and Flashlight will remove anything older than that; so if you want to change this value to your liking, you can do so by editing `prune_period` array inside `flashlight.php` config file under `App/config`. --- ### Health Score 34 — LowBetter than 77% of packages Maintenance28 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity19 Limited adoption so far Community8 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity68 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. 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