Laravel API Doc Generator

A powerful Laravel package that automatically generates comprehensive API documentation from your controller annotations. Supports API Blueprint format with intelligent annotation parsing, authentication detection, and smart backup system.

✨ Features

• Automatic Annotation Generation: Auto-generate @api annotations for your controller methods
• Smart Parameter Detection: Automatically detects route parameters, form request validation, and model bindings
• Authentication Detection: Intelligent detection of authentication requirements from middleware and parameters
• Backup System: Smart backup system that only creates backups when content changes
• Web Interface: Beautiful web interface to browse your API documentation
• Security: Built-in security with IP whitelisting and user authentication
• Multiple Formats: Supports API Blueprint format with JSON output
• Cross-Platform: Works with any Laravel application

📦 Installation

Install via Composer:

composer require alagiesinghateh/laravel-docmaker

Publish the configuration file:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Alagiesinghateh\LaravelApiDocGenerator\ApiDocGeneratorServiceProvider" --tag="config"

Publish the views (optional):

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Alagiesinghateh\LaravelApiDocGenerator\ApiDocGeneratorServiceProvider" --tag="views"

⚙️ Configuration

After publishing the config file, you can modify config/api-doc-generator.php:

return [
    'output_dir' => storage_path('docs/api'),
    
    'controller_paths' => [
        app_path('Http/Controllers/API'),
        app_path('Http/Controllers/Api'),
    ],
    
    'web_interface' => [
        'enabled' => true,
        'route_prefix' => 'api-docs',
        'middleware' => ['web', 'api-docs'],
    ],
    
    'security' => [
        'ip_whitelist' => ['127.0.0.1', '::1'],
        'restricted_paths' => [],
    ],
    
    'allowed_users' => [],
    
    'middleware' => [
        'detect' => true,
        'auth_middleware' => ['auth', 'auth:api', 'auth:sanctum'],
        'security_schemes' => [
            'auth' => 'bearer',
            'auth:api' => 'bearer',
            'auth:sanctum' => 'bearer',
        ],
        'exclude' => ['web', 'throttle', 'bindings'],
    ],
    
    'backup' => [
        'max_backups' => 10,
    ],
    
    'defaults' => [
        'method' => 'GET',
        'path' => '/api/endpoint',
        'name' => 'Untitled Endpoint',
        'group' => 'General',
    ],
];

🚀 Usage

Generate API Documentation

# Generate documentation from controller annotations
php artisan singhateh:generate

# Force regenerate all annotations (even existing ones)
php artisan singhateh:generate --force

# Dry run (see what would change without modifying files)
php artisan singhateh:generate --dry-run

Regenerate Controller Annotations

# Regenerate annotations for all controllers
php artisan singhateh:annotate:regenerate

# Regenerate for specific directory
php artisan singhateh:annotate:regenerate --path=Http/Controllers/API

# Cross-check without modifying files
php artisan singhateh:annotate:regenerate --cross-check

# Force regenerate all annotations
php artisan singhateh:annotate:regenerate --force

Backup Management

# List available backups
php artisan singhateh:backups:list

# Restore from latest backup
php artisan singhateh:backups:restore

# Restore specific backup
php artisan singhateh:backups:restore filename=api-docs_2023-12-15_143022.json

📖 Annotation Reference

Basic Annotation Structure

/**
 * @api {GET} /api/users Get Users
 * @apiName GetUsers
 * @apiGroup User
 * @apiDescription Retrieve a list of all users
 * 
 * @apiParam {String} [page] Optional page number
 * @apiParam {String} [per_page] Optional items per page
 * 
 * @apiSuccess {Object[]} data Array of users
 * @apiSuccess {Number} data.id User ID
 * @apiSuccess {String} data.name User name
 * @apiSuccess {String} data.email User email
 * 
 * @apiSuccessExample {json} Success-Response:
 *     HTTP/1.1 200 OK
 *     {
 *         "data": [
 *             {
 *                 "id": 1,
 *                 "name": "John Doe",
 *                 "email": "john@example.com"
 *             }
 *         ]
 *     }
 * 
 * @apiErrorExample {json} Error-Response:
 *     HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error
 *     {
 *         "error": "Server error occurred"
 *     }
 */
public function index()
{
    // Controller logic
}

Supported Annotations

| Annotation | Description | Example | |------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------------------| | @api | HTTP method and endpoint | @api {GET} /api/users Get Users | | @apiName | Endpoint name | @apiName GetUsers | | @apiGroup | Group/category | @apiGroup User | | @apiDescription| Endpoint description | @apiDescription Get all users | | @apiParam | Request parameter | @apiParam {String} name User name | | @apiHeader | Request header | @apiHeader {String} Authorization Bearer token | | @apiSuccess | Success response field | @apiSuccess {Number} id User ID | | @apiError | Error response | @apiError {401} Unauthorized | | @apiAuth | Authentication type | @apiAuth bearer | | @apiMiddleware | Middleware used | @apiMiddleware auth:api | | @apiPermission | Required permissions | @apiPermission users.read,users.write |

🛡️ Security

The package includes built-in security features:

Production Environment

• API documentation is disabled by default in production
• Only allowed users (by email) can access
• IP whitelist support

Development Environment

• Localhost access allowed by default
• Configurable IP restrictions
• User-based access control

Configuration Example

// config/api-doc-generator.php
'security' => [
    'ip_whitelist' => ['192.168.1.100', '10.0.0.0/24'],
    'restricted_paths' => ['internal', 'admin'],
],

'allowed_users' => [
    '[email protected]',
    '[email protected]',
],

🔧 Advanced Usage

Custom Controller Properties

class UserController extends Controller
{
    public static $apiParams = [
        'custom_param' => [
            'type' => 'string',
            'required' => true,
            'description' => 'Custom parameter description',
        ],
    ];
}

Manual Annotation Overrides

/**
 * @api {POST} /api/users Create User
 * @apiName CreateUser
 * @apiGroup User
 * @apiDescription Create a new user account
 * 
 * @apiParam {String} name User's full name
 * @apiParam {String} email User's email address
 * @apiParam {String} password User's password
 * 
 * @apiAuth bearer
 * @apiMiddleware auth:api
 */
public function store(CreateUserRequest $request)
{
    // Your controller logic
}

Integration with Form Requests

class CreateUserRequest extends FormRequest
{
    public function rules()
    {
        return [
            'name' => 'required|string|max:255',
            'email' => 'required|email|unique:users',
            'password' => 'required|min:8|confirmed',
        ];
    }
}

🌐 Web Interface

Access the web interface at:
http://your-app.com/api-docs

![API Documentation Interface]

Customizing the Web Interface

Publish the views and modify them as needed:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Alagiesinghateh\LaravelApiDocGenerator\ApiDocGeneratorServiceProvider" --tag="views"

Views will be published to:
resources/views/vendor/api-doc-generator/

🔄 Backup System

The package includes a smart backup system:

• Automatic Backups: Created only when documentation content changes
• Configurable Retention: Keep last N backups (default: 10)
• Easy Restoration: Restore from any backup via artisan commands
• Content-based: Backups are created based on content changes, not file modifications

🧪 Testing

Run the package tests:

composer test

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for details.

1. Fork the project
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

📄 License

This package is open-source software licensed under the MIT license.

🐛 Bug Reports

If you discover any bugs, please create an issue on GitHub.

📞 Support

For support and questions:

• Create an issue on GitHub
• Email: [email protected]
• Documentation: GitHub Wiki

🙏 Acknowledgments

• Inspired by various API documentation generators
• Built with the Laravel framework
• Thanks to all contributors

Note: This package is actively maintained. For the latest updates and features, always check the GitHub repository.