ApiGuard
A Laravel package for authenticating RESTful APIs with API keys, featuring built-in transformers and validation.
What is ApiGuard?
ApiGuard is a Laravel package designed to authenticate RESTful APIs using API keys. It provides middleware to protect routes, tools for generating and managing keys, and integrates with Fractal for standardized JSON responses. It solves the need for a simple, integrated API authentication solution in Laravel applications before native features were available.
Laravel developers building RESTful APIs that require API key-based authentication, especially those using Laravel versions prior to 5.8.
Developers chose ApiGuard for its ease of integration, built-in support for transformers and validation error handling, and polymorphic key management linking API keys to models like users.
Overview
A simple way of authenticating your RESTful APIs with API keys using Laravel
Use Cases
Best For
- Securing Laravel REST APIs with API key authentication
- Generating and managing API keys linked to user models
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