Laravel API Toolkit

Laravel API Toolkit is a robust package for Laravel designed to enhance your API development workflow. It provides a comprehensive set of tools to streamline code generation, enforce best practices, and ensure high-quality API endpoints. Laravel API Toolkit is designed for exclusive use in development environments, equipping developers with everything needed to build robust, performant APIs while maintaining high code quality and adhering to best practices.

Key Features:

• Code Generation: Automatically create API controllers, models, and routes using customizable templates, reducing manual coding and accelerating development.
• Code Quality Assurance: Enforce coding standards and security best practices with integrated linting and validation tools, promoting clean, secure, and maintainable code.
• Automated Testing: Easily generate and run unit and functional tests for your API endpoints using PHPUnit and Laravel Dusk. Ensure your APIs perform as expected and meet quality standards with minimal effort.
• Performance Testing: Evaluate and optimize the performance of your API endpoints with built-in profiling and benchmarking tools. Generate detailed performance reports to identify and address potential bottlenecks.
• Acceptance Testing: Define and test your API endpoints against specific acceptance criteria to ensure they meet the required functionality and performance benchmarks.

Installation

To install Laravel API Toolkit, add the package to your Laravel project using Composer:

composer require myvendor/laravel-api-toolkit --dev

Configuration

After installation, you may need to publish the configuration files:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="MyVendor\LaravelApiToolkit\ServiceProvider"

Usage

Code Generation

Generate API controllers, models, and routes with the following Artisan commands:

php artisan api:generate-controller {ControllerName}
php artisan api:generate-model {ModelName}
php artisan api:generate-routes

Code Quality

Run linting and validation checks to ensure code quality:

php artisan api:lint
php artisan api:validate

Automated Testing

Generate and run tests for your API endpoints:

php artisan api:generate-tests
php artisan test

Performance Testing

Profile and benchmark your API endpoints:

php artisan api:profile
php artisan api:benchmark

Acceptance Testing

Define and test endpoints against acceptance criteria:

php artisan api:acceptance-tests

Documentation

For detailed documentation on each feature and command, please refer to the official documentation.

Contributing

We welcome contributions to Laravel API Toolkit! Please refer to the contributing guidelines for more information.

License

Laravel API Toolkit is open-source software licensed under the MIT License.

Contact

For support or inquiries, please contact [email protected].

### Notes:

1. **Installation Command**: Replace `myvendor/laravel-api-toolkit` with the actual package name and vendor when published.
2. **Documentation Link**: Update the documentation URL to point to your actual documentation site.
3. **Contributing Guidelines**: Add a `CONTRIBUTING.md` file if you have specific guidelines for contributors.
4. **License**: Adjust the license section based on your chosen open-source license and ensure you include a `LICENSE` file in your repository.

This `README.md` provides a clear overview of the package, how to install and use it, and where to find additional resources.