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ralphowino/restful-api-helper
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This is a starter package for a laravel api using JWT authentication and the Dingo api package

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This is a laravel package that helps you start of building a laravel API. It contains useful command generators to generate various files for your API and is completely configurable. The generators include:

- `starter:init`
- `starter:model  --fillable[=FILLABLE] --migration --relationships[=RELATIONSHIPS] --repository  --schema[=SCHEMA] --soft-deletes --table[=TABLE] --transformer`
- `starter:migration  --schema[=SCHEMA] --soft-deletes --model[=MODEL]`
- `starter:controller  --automate --except[=EXCEPT] --only[=ONLY] --plain --repository[=REPOSITORY] --resource --transformer[=TRANSFORMER]`
- `starter:repository  --model`
- `starter:transformer  --fields[=FIELDS] --includes[=INCLUDES] --model[=MODEL]`

\##Installation

\###Step 1: Install the composer packages

Add

```
{
   "minimum-stability" : "dev",
   "prefer-stable" : true
}
```

to your composer.json file.

Run in terminal

```
composer require ralphowino/restful-api-helper 1.0.x-dev.

```

\###Step 2: Add the Service Provider

Add the service provider in `config/app.php`:

```
Ralphowino\ApiStarter\ApiStarterServiceProvider::class

```

\###Step 3: Publish the packages configuration files

Publish the package's assets by running

```
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Ralphowino\ApiStarter\ApiStarterServiceProvider"

```

\###Step 4: Initialize the package

Initialize the project by running

```
php artisan starter:init

```

Select directories to save the generated files in.

*NB: Just press enter for every question to retain the default.*

\###Step 5: Generate a new jwt token

Generate a new jwt token for the application by running

```
php artisan jwt:generate

```

AND YOU ARE READY TO GO!

For more documentation on the package checkout

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 26% of packages

Maintenance11

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity21

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 83.3% 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.

### Community

Maintainers

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