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submtd/laravel-api-token
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API authentication with short lived tokens

1.0.0009(5y ago)011PHP

Since Jun 16Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

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Laravel Api Token
=================

[](#laravel-api-token)

This package allows you to use short lived API tokens to protect endpoints.

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

[](#installation)

First, pull the package in via composer.

```
composer require submtd/laravel-api-token

```

Second, run the database migrations.

```
php artisan migrate

```

Configuration
-------------

[](#configuration)

This package reads values from the .env file in order to control the length of the tokens and the expiration time.

```
// .env
API_TOKEN_LENGTH=128
API_REFRESH_LENGTH=256
API_TOKEN_EXPIRATION_MINUTES=1440
API_REFRESH_EXPIRATION_MINUTES=10080
API_USER_MODEL=\App\User

```

Endpoints
---------

[](#endpoints)

This package provides several endpoints to manage api tokens.

### Public Endpoints

[](#public-endpoints)

**POST: /api/v1/token/login**

This endpoint accepts email and password and returns a new API token.

**POST: /api/v1/token/refresh**

This endpoints accepts a `refresh_token` parameter and returns a refreshed API token.

### Protected Endpoints

[](#protected-endpoints)

The following endpoints require a valid API token for access.

**GET: /api/v1/token**

This endpoint lists all user tokens.

**GET: /api/v1/token/{uuid}**

This endpoint shows a specific API token.

**DELETE: /api/v1/token/{uuid}**

This endpoint destroys a specific API token.

**POST: /api/v1/token/create**

This endpoint creates a new API token. An optional `name` parameter can be provided to name the token.

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity5

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity55

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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

2155d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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