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Spatie is a webdesign agency in Antwerp, Belgium. You'll find an overview of all our open source projects [on our website](https://spatie.be/opensource). Support us ---------- [](#support-us) [![](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/a51d2943d835d9e787db213334e7402202666e7bff8ea4a30395632cb7f4c5a9/68747470733a2f2f6769746875622d6164732e73332e65752d63656e7472616c2d312e616d617a6f6e6177732e636f6d2f6c61726176656c2d6c6974746c65676174656b65657065722e6a70673f743d31)](https://spatie.be/github-ad-click/laravel-littlegatekeeper) We invest a lot of resources into creating [best in class open source packages](https://spatie.be/open-source). You can support us by [buying one of our paid products](https://spatie.be/open-source/support-us). We highly appreciate you sending us a postcard from your hometown, mentioning which of our package(s) you are using. You'll find our address on [our contact page](https://spatie.be/about-us). We publish all received postcards on [our virtual postcard wall](https://spatie.be/open-source/postcards). Postcardware ------------ [](#postcardware) You're free to use this package (it's [MIT-licensed](LICENSE.md)), but if it makes it to your production environment you are required to send us a postcard from your hometown, mentioning which of our package(s) you are using. Our address is: Spatie, Kruikstraat 22, 2018 Antwerp, Belgium. The best postcards will get published on the open source page on our website. Install ------- [](#install) You can install the package via Composer: ``` $ composer require spatie/laravel-littlegatekeeper ``` Start by registering the package's the service provider: ``` // config/app.php (L5) 'providers' => [ // ... 'Spatie\LittleGateKeeper\LittleGateKeeperServiceProvider', ], ``` Next, publish the config files: ``` $ php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Spatie\LittleGateKeeper\LittleGateKeeperServiceProvider" --tag="config" ``` Finally, register the middleware: ``` // app/Http/Kernel.php protected $routeMiddleware = [ // ... 'littlegatekeeper' => \Spatie\LittleGateKeeper\AuthMiddleware::class, ]; ``` Usage ----- [](#usage) First set up the username and password in your configuration file or .env file In your .env file add: ``` // ... GATEKEEPER_USERNAME=Choose_your_username GATEKEEPER_PASSWORD=Choose_your_secret_password ``` You can protect your routes by applying the middleware: ``` Route::get('/', ['middleware' => 'littlegatekeeper', function () { return view('protectedpage'); }]); ``` If a user isn't logged in, he will be redirected to the url set in the config file (`littlegatekeeper.authRoute`). ### Authenticator methods [](#authenticator-methods) ``` /** * @param array $credentials Format: ['username' => '...', 'password' => '...'] * @return bool */ public function attempt($credentials) ``` ``` /** * @return bool */ public function isAuthenticated() ``` ``` protected function logout() ``` Change log ---------- [](#change-log) Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information what has changed recently. Contributing ------------ [](#contributing) Please see [CONTRIBUTING](https://github.com/spatie/.github/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) for details. Security -------- [](#security) If you've found a bug regarding security please mail instead of using the issue tracker. Credits ------- [](#credits) - [Sebastian De Deyne](https://github.com/sebastiandedeyne) - [All Contributors](../../contributors) About Spatie ------------ [](#about-spatie) Spatie is a webdesign agency in Antwerp, Belgium. You'll find an overview of all our open source projects [on our website](https://spatie.be/opensource). License ------- [](#license) The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information. ### Health Score 65 — FairBetter than 99% of packages Maintenance87 Actively maintained with recent releases Popularity47 Moderate usage in the ecosystem Community27 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity83 Battle-tested with a long release history Bus Factor3 3 contributors hold 50%+ of commits How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. 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