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kennethtomagan/laravel-6-api-boilerplate
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A Laravel 6 API Boilerplate to create a ready-to-use REST API. User Authentication using JWT.

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laravel-api-boilerplate
=======================

[](#laravel-api-boilerplate)

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This is a boilerplate for writing RESTful API projects using Laravel, a "Starter Kit" you can use to build your API in seconds.

##### Packages:

[](#packages)

- JWT-Auth - [tymondesigns/jwt-auth](https://github.com/tymondesigns/jwt-auth)
- Laravel-CORS [barryvdh/laravel-cors](http://github.com/barryvdh/laravel-cors)

##### Require:

[](#require)

- PHP: ^7.2

Features
--------

[](#features)

- JWT Authentication
- Basic Features: Registration, Login, Update Profile & Password
- JSON API Format response.
- Unit/Feature Testing.
- Frontend Vue.js starter kit ready example (  ).

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

[](#installation)

`composer create-project kennethtomagan/laravel-6-api-boilerplate myNewProject`;

#### Install Dependencies

[](#install-dependencies)

```
$ composer install

```

#### Configure the Environment

[](#configure-the-environment)

Create `.env` file:

```
$ cat .env.example > .env

```

Run `php artisan key:generate` and `php artisan jwt:secret`

#### Migrate and Seed the Database

[](#migrate-and-seed-the-database)

```
$ php artisan migrate:fresh --seed

```

Route API Endpoint
------------------

[](#route-api-endpoint)

- Postman API Documentation Starter Kit

VerbURIControllerNotesPOST`http://localhost:8000/api/auth/login`AuthControllerto do the login and get your access tokenPOST`http://localhost:8000/api/auth/register`RegisterControllerto create a new user into your applicationPOST`http://localhost:8000/api/auth/recovery`ForgotPasswordControllerto recover your credentials;POST`http://localhost:8000/api/auth/reset`ResetPasswordControllerto reset your password after the recovery (setup your mail credentials in `.env` file to avoid error);POST`http://localhost:8000/api/auth/logout`LogoutControllerto log out the user by invalidating the passed token;GET`http://localhost:8000/api/profile`ProfileControllerto get current user dataPUT`http://localhost:8000/api/profile`ProfileControllerto update current user dataPUT`http://localhost:8000/api/profile/password`ProfileControllerto update current user password

###  Health Score

32

—

LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity26

Limited adoption so far

Community19

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity56

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 90.2% 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 ~65 days

Total

3

Last Release

2284d ago

Major Versions

1.0 → 2.02020-02-10

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

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