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middlewares/uuid
================

Middleware to generate an UUID and save it in the X-Uuid header

v2.1.0(1y ago)421.7k—5.6%[1 issues](https://github.com/middlewares/uuid/issues)3MITPHPPHP ^7.2 || ^8.0CI passing

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middlewares/uuid
================

[](#middlewaresuuid)

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Middleware to generate an UUID (Universally Unique Identifiers) and save it in the `X-Uuid` header of the request and response. Useful for debugging purposes.

The UUID generated is compatible with [RFC 4122](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4122) version 4 using [ramsey/uuid](https://github.com/ramsey/uuid) for that.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP >= 7.2
- A [PSR-7 http library](https://github.com/middlewares/awesome-psr15-middlewares#psr-7-implementations)
- A [PSR-15 middleware dispatcher](https://github.com/middlewares/awesome-psr15-middlewares#dispatcher)

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

[](#installation)

This package is installable and autoloadable via Composer as [middlewares/uuid](https://packagist.org/packages/middlewares/uuid).

```
composer require middlewares/uuid
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
Dispatcher::run([
	new Middlewares\Uuid(),

    function ($request) {
        //Get the UUID from the request
        echo $request->getHeaderLine('X-Uuid');
    }
]);

//Get the UUID from the response
echo $response->getHeaderLine('X-Uuid');
```

### header

[](#header)

This option allows to configure the header name. By default is `X-Uuid`.

```
$uuid = (new Middlewares\Uuid())->header('X-Request-Id');
```

---

Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information about recent changes and [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) for contributing details.

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

###  Health Score

44

—

FairBetter than 92% of packages

Maintenance41

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity30

Limited adoption so far

Community16

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity75

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 94.1% 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 ~309 days

Recently: every ~652 days

Total

11

Last Release

421d ago

Major Versions

v0.6.0 → v1.0.02018-01-27

v1.1.0 → v2.0.02020-12-03

PHP version history (3 changes)v0.1.0PHP ^5.6 || ^7.0

v0.6.0PHP ^7.0

v2.0.0PHP ^7.2 || ^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

[![oscarotero](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/377873?v=4)](https://github.com/oscarotero "oscarotero (48 commits)")[![filisko](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8798694?v=4)](https://github.com/filisko "filisko (2 commits)")[![flavioheleno](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/471860?v=4)](https://github.com/flavioheleno "flavioheleno (1 commits)")

---

Tags

httpmiddlewarepsr-15uuidhttppsr-7middlewareuuidpsr-15

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP CS Fixer

Type Coverage Yes

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