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naviisml/laravel-api-guard
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A API guard for Laravel.

1.0.0(5mo ago)067MITPHP

Since Jan 21Pushed 5mo agoCompare

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Laravel API Guard
=================

[](#laravel-api-guard)

A lightweight Laravel package to authenticate requests using API keys via a custom guard.

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Auth guard: `auth:apikey`
- Secure access with public/private key headers
- Artisan command to generate keys

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

[](#installation)

1. Install the package (`composer require naviisml/laravel-api-guard`)
2. Publish the configuration\* (`php artisan api-guard:install`)

*\*This step is optional.*

3. A auth guard will automatically be added if it doesn't exist in the `config/auth.php` configuration.

```
'guards' => [
    'apikey' => [
        'driver' => 'apikey',
        'provider' => 'users', // Optional
    ],
],
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Authentication Guard

[](#authentication-guard)

Use `auth:apikey` on API routes:

```
Route::middleware('auth:apikey')->group(function () {
    Route::get('/secure-endpoint', fn() => 'Access granted');
});
```

### Required Headers

[](#required-headers)

HeaderDescription`X-Public-Key`Public API key`X-Private-Key`Private API key### Generate Keys

[](#generate-keys)

Run the artisan command:

```
php artisan make:api-keys
```

###  Health Score

33

—

LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance71

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity35

Early-stage or recently created project

 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

165d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/43450192?v=4)[Navi](/maintainers/naviisml)[@naviisml](https://github.com/naviisml)

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Top Contributors

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