enadstack/laravel-roles

Reusable Roles & Permissions (single or multi-tenant teams) on spatie/laravel-permission

1.1.1 2025-11-15 10:43 UTC

Requires

• php: >=8.2
• illuminate/support: ^12.0
• spatie/laravel-permission: ^6.0

Requires (Dev)

• orchestra/testbench: ^10.0
• pestphp/pest: ^3.0
• pestphp/pest-plugin-laravel: ^3.0
• phpunit/phpunit: ^11.5

Suggests

• stancl/tenancy: Needed only when using multi-database tenancy mode

MIT

• Enad Abuzaid

README

A complete, production-ready Laravel package for managing roles and permissions with a clean API, service layer architecture, and 100% test coverage. Built on top of Spatie Laravel Permission.

📋 Table of Contents

• Features
• Requirements
• Installation
• Quick Start
• Configuration
• API Endpoints
• Usage Scenarios
• Service Layer
• Events
• Multi-Tenancy
• Testing
• Troubleshooting
• Contributing

✨ Features

Core Features

• ✅ Complete REST API for roles and permissions management
• ✅ Service Layer Architecture - Clean, testable business logic
• ✅ 100% Test Coverage - 32 passing integration tests
• ✅ FormRequest Validation - Centralized validation rules
• ✅ API Resources - Consistent JSON responses
• ✅ Domain Events - 6 event types for extensibility

Role Management

• Create, read, update, delete roles
• Soft deletes with restore functionality
• Force delete (permanent deletion)
• Bulk operations (delete, restore, force delete)
• Clone roles with permissions
• Assign/sync permissions to roles
• Add/remove single permissions
• Role statistics and recent roles

Permission Management

• Create, read, update, delete permissions
• Soft deletes with restore
• Permission grouping (e.g., users, posts, offers)
• Search and filter by group
• Permission statistics
• Recent permissions
• Permission Matrix - Visual grid of roles × permissions
• Grouped permissions view

Advanced Features

• Multi-tenancy support (single, team-scoped, multi-database)
• i18n support - Multi-language labels and descriptions
• Config-driven permission seeding
• Sync command for CI/CD deployments
• Cache management with auto-invalidation
• Middleware for team-scoped tenancy
• Current user ACL endpoints

🔧 Requirements

• PHP >= 8.2
• Laravel >= 12.0
• Spatie Laravel Permission ^6.0

📦 Installation

Step 1: Install via Composer

composer require enadstack/laravel-roles

Step 2: Run the Interactive Installer (First Time Only!)

php artisan roles:install

⚠️ IMPORTANT: Only run php artisan roles:install during initial installation. When upgrading from an older version (e.g., composer update), do NOT re-run this command as it will ask to reconfigure your config/roles.php file. Your existing configuration will be preserved automatically during upgrades.

The installer will:

1. ✅ Publish Spatie Permission config and migrations
2. ✅ Publish package config (config/roles.php)
3. ✅ Ask if you want multi-language support (i18n)
4. ✅ Ask which tenancy mode (single/team-scoped/multi-database)
5. ✅ Run migrations
6. ✅ Optionally seed initial roles & permissions

Installer Options:

# Install with seeds automatically
php artisan roles:install --with-seeds

# Specify custom team key for team-scoped mode
php artisan roles:install --team-key=tenant_id

Step 3: Configure (Optional)

Edit config/roles.php to customize settings:

return [
    // Multi-language support
    'i18n' => [
        'enabled' => false,  // Set to true for multi-language
        'locales' => ['en', 'ar'],
        'default' => 'en',
    ],

    'guard' => 'web',

    // Tenancy mode
    'tenancy' => [
        'mode' => 'single',  // 'single' | 'team_scoped' | 'multi_database'
        'team_foreign_key' => 'team_id',
    ],

    // API Routes
    'routes' => [
        'prefix' => 'admin/acl',
        'middleware' => ['api', 'auth:sanctum'],
        'expose_me' => true,  // /me/roles, /me/permissions endpoints
    ],

    // Cache
    'cache' => [
        'enabled' => true,
        'ttl' => 300,  // seconds
    ],
];

🔄 Upgrading from Previous Versions

Upgrading to v1.1.0 from v1.0.x

# Update the package
composer update enadstack/laravel-roles

# Clear caches
php artisan config:clear
php artisan cache:clear
php artisan permission:cache-reset

✅ That's it! No additional steps needed. Your config/roles.php will be preserved. Do NOT run php artisan roles:install again unless you want to reconfigure.

What Changes in v1.1.0

• ✅ Enhanced documentation (no code changes)
• ✅ All existing functionality works exactly the same
• ✅ No breaking changes
• ✅ Your config file is preserved

If You Accidentally Ran roles:install

If you accidentally ran php artisan roles:install and your config was modified:

1. Restore from Git (if you have version control):

   git checkout config/roles.php

2. Or manually republish the original config:

   php artisan vendor:publish --tag=roles-config --force
   # Then reconfigure your settings in config/roles.php

🚀 Quick Start

1. Create a Role

POST /admin/acl/roles
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN

{
  "name": "editor",
  "label": {"en": "Content Editor", "ar": "محرر المحتوى"},
  "description": {"en": "Can edit content"}
}

Response:

{
  "data": {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "editor",
    "guard_name": "web",
    "label": {"en": "Content Editor"},
    "description": {"en": "Can edit content"},
    "created_at": "2025-11-15T10:00:00Z"
  }
}

2. Create Permissions

POST /admin/acl/permissions
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "name": "posts.create",
  "group": "posts",
  "label": {"en": "Create Posts"}
}

3. Assign Permissions to Role

POST /admin/acl/roles/1/permissions
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "permission_ids": [1, 2, 3]
}

4. View Permission Matrix

GET /admin/acl/permissions-matrix

Response:

{
  "data": {
    "roles": [
      {"id": 1, "name": "editor"}
    ],
    "matrix": [
      {
        "permission_id": 1,
        "permission_name": "posts.create",
        "roles": {
          "1": true
        }
      }
    ],
    "generated_at": "2025-11-15T10:00:00Z"
  }
}

⚙️ Configuration

Basic Setup

After installation, your config/roles.php will contain all available options:

return [
    // Enable/disable i18n (multi-language) support
    'i18n' => [
        'enabled' => false,
        'locales' => ['en', 'ar'],
        'default' => 'en',
    ],

    // Default guard for roles/permissions
    'guard' => 'web',

    // Tenancy configuration
    'tenancy' => [
        'mode' => 'single', // 'single' | 'team_scoped' | 'multi_database'
        'team_foreign_key' => 'team_id',
        'provider' => null, // e.g., 'stancl/tenancy'
    ],

    // API route configuration
    'routes' => [
        'prefix' => 'admin/acl',
        'middleware' => ['api', 'auth:sanctum'],
        'expose_me' => true, // Enable /me endpoints
    ],

    // Cache settings
    'cache' => [
        'enabled' => true,
        'ttl' => 300, // 5 minutes
        'keys' => [
            'permission_matrix' => 'laravel_roles.permission_matrix',
            'grouped_permissions' => 'laravel_roles.grouped_permissions',
        ],
    ],

    // Seed configuration (for roles:sync command)
    'seed' => [
        'roles' => ['super-admin', 'admin', 'manager'],
        'permission_groups' => [
            'users' => ['list', 'create', 'show', 'update', 'delete'],
            'roles' => ['list', 'create', 'show', 'update', 'delete'],
            'permissions' => ['list', 'show'],
        ],
        'map' => [
            'super-admin' => ['*'], // All permissions
            'admin' => ['users.*', 'roles.*'],
            'manager' => ['users.list', 'users.show'],
        ],
    ],
];

📡 API Endpoints

Roles

Method	Endpoint	Description
GET	/admin/acl/roles	List all roles (paginated)
POST	/admin/acl/roles	Create a new role
GET	/admin/acl/roles/{id}	Show single role
PUT	/admin/acl/roles/{id}	Update role
DELETE	/admin/acl/roles/{id}	Soft delete role
POST	/admin/acl/roles/{id}/restore	Restore soft-deleted role
DELETE	/admin/acl/roles/{id}/force	Force delete role (permanent)
POST	/admin/acl/roles/bulk-delete	Bulk soft delete {ids: []}
POST	/admin/acl/roles/bulk-restore	Bulk restore {ids: []}
POST	/admin/acl/roles/bulk-force-delete	Bulk force delete {ids: []}
GET	/admin/acl/roles-recent?limit=10	Get recent roles
GET	/admin/acl/roles-stats	Get role statistics
POST	/admin/acl/roles/{id}/permissions	Assign permissions {permission_ids: []}
GET	/admin/acl/roles/{id}/permissions	Get role's permissions
GET	/admin/acl/roles-permissions	Permissions grouped by role
POST	/admin/acl/roles/{role}/permission	Add single permission {permission_id: X}
DELETE	/admin/acl/roles/{role}/permission	Remove single permission {permission_id: X}
POST	/admin/acl/roles/{role}/clone	Clone role {name: "new-name"}

Permissions

Method	Endpoint	Description
GET	/admin/acl/permissions?group=users	List permissions (filterable, searchable)
POST	/admin/acl/permissions	Create permission
GET	/admin/acl/permissions/{id}	Show permission
PUT	/admin/acl/permissions/{id}	Update permission
DELETE	/admin/acl/permissions/{id}	Soft delete permission
POST	/admin/acl/permissions/{id}/restore	Restore permission
DELETE	/admin/acl/permissions/{id}/force	Force delete permission
POST	/admin/acl/permissions/bulk-force-delete	Bulk force delete {ids: []}
GET	/admin/acl/permissions-recent?limit=10	Recent permissions
GET	/admin/acl/permissions-stats	Permission statistics
GET	/admin/acl/permission-groups	Grouped permissions
GET	/admin/acl/permissions-matrix	Permission matrix

Current User (if expose_me is true)

Method	Endpoint	Description
GET	/admin/acl/me/roles	Current user's roles
GET	/admin/acl/me/permissions	Current user's permissions
GET	/admin/acl/me/abilities	Current user's abilities

💡 Usage Scenarios

Scenario 1: Setup for a Blog Platform

# 1. Install the package
composer require enadstack/laravel-roles
php artisan roles:install

# 2. Define permissions in config/roles.php
'seed' => [
    'permission_groups' => [
        'posts' => ['list', 'create', 'update', 'delete', 'publish'],
        'comments' => ['list', 'create', 'update', 'delete', 'moderate'],
        'categories' => ['list', 'create', 'update', 'delete'],
    ],
    'map' => [
        'admin' => ['*'],
        'editor' => ['posts.*', 'categories.*'],
        'author' => ['posts.create', 'posts.update', 'posts.list'],
        'moderator' => ['comments.*', 'posts.list'],
    ],
],

# 3. Sync permissions
php artisan roles:sync

# 4. Assign roles to users (in your code)
$user->assignRole('editor');

Scenario 2: E-commerce Platform

# config/roles.php
'seed' => [
    'permission_groups' => [
        'products' => ['list', 'create', 'update', 'delete', 'import', 'export'],
        'orders' => ['list', 'show', 'update', 'cancel', 'refund'],
        'customers' => ['list', 'show', 'update', 'delete'],
        'reports' => ['sales', 'inventory', 'customers'],
    ],
    'map' => [
        'super-admin' => ['*'],
        'store-manager' => ['products.*', 'orders.*', 'reports.*'],
        'sales-rep' => ['orders.list', 'orders.show', 'orders.update', 'customers.list'],
        'inventory-manager' => ['products.list', 'products.update', 'reports.inventory'],
    ],
],

Scenario 3: SaaS Application (Multi-Tenancy)

# 1. Configure team-scoped tenancy
# config/roles.php
'tenancy' => [
    'mode' => 'team_scoped',
    'team_foreign_key' => 'tenant_id',
],

# 2. Add middleware to routes
Route::middleware(['auth:sanctum', 'set.tenant'])->group(function () {
    // Your routes here
});

# 3. Sync permissions per tenant
php artisan roles:sync --team-id=123

# 4. Use in your code
setPermissionsTeamId($tenantId);
$user->assignRole('tenant-admin');

Scenario 4: Adding New Module Permissions

When you add a new feature (e.g., "Offers" module):

Step 1: Update config/roles.php

'seed' => [
    'permission_groups' => [
        // ...existing groups...
        'offers' => ['list', 'create', 'update', 'delete', 'approve', 'reject'],
    ],
    'map' => [
        'admin' => ['offers.*'],
        'offer-manager' => ['offers.*'],
        'sales-rep' => ['offers.list', 'offers.create'],
    ],
],

Step 2: Sync permissions

php artisan roles:sync

Step 3: Clear cache

php artisan permission:cache-reset

Done! Your new permissions are now available.

🎯 Service Layer

Using RoleService

use Enadstack\LaravelRoles\Services\RoleService;

class YourController extends Controller
{
    public function __construct(protected RoleService $roleService) {}

    public function index()
    {
        // List roles with pagination and search
        $roles = $this->roleService->list([
            'search' => 'admin',
            'per_page' => 20,
            'sort_by' => 'name',
            'sort_order' => 'asc',
            'with_trashed' => false,
        ]);

        return response()->json($roles);
    }

    public function store(Request $request)
    {
        // Create role
        $role = $this->roleService->create([
            'name' => 'content-manager',
            'guard_name' => 'web',
            'label' => ['en' => 'Content Manager'],
            'description' => ['en' => 'Manages all content'],
        ]);

        return response()->json($role, 201);
    }

    public function update(Role $role, Request $request)
    {
        // Update role
        $updated = $this->roleService->update($role, $request->validated());
        
        return response()->json($updated);
    }

    public function assignPermissions(Role $role, Request $request)
    {
        // Assign permissions to role
        $role = $this->roleService->assignPermissions($role, $request->permission_ids);
        
        return response()->json(['message' => 'Permissions assigned successfully']);
    }

    public function stats()
    {
        // Get statistics
        $stats = $this->roleService->stats();
        
        // Returns:
        // [
        //   'total' => 10,
        //   'active' => 8,
        //   'deleted' => 2,
        //   'with_permissions' => 7,
        //   'without_permissions' => 3,
        // ]
        
        return response()->json($stats);
    }

    public function clone(Role $role, Request $request)
    {
        // Clone role with all permissions
        $cloned = $this->roleService->cloneWithPermissions($role, $request->name);
        
        return response()->json($cloned, 201);
    }
}

Using PermissionService

use Enadstack\LaravelRoles\Services\PermissionService;

class PermissionController extends Controller
{
    public function __construct(protected PermissionService $permissionService) {}

    public function index(Request $request)
    {
        // List with filters
        $permissions = $this->permissionService->list([
            'search' => 'user',
            'group' => 'users',
            'per_page' => 50,
        ]);

        return response()->json($permissions);
    }

    public function matrix()
    {
        // Get permission matrix (cached)
        $matrix = $this->permissionService->getPermissionMatrix();
        
        // Returns:
        // [
        //   'roles' => [...],
        //   'matrix' => [
        //     ['permission_id' => 1, 'permission_name' => 'users.create', 'roles' => ['1' => true, '2' => false]],
        //     ...
        //   ]
        // ]
        
        return response()->json($matrix);
    }

    public function grouped()
    {
        // Get grouped permissions (cached)
        $grouped = $this->permissionService->getGroupedPermissions();
        
        // Returns:
        // [
        //   'users' => ['label' => 'Users', 'permissions' => [...]],
        //   'posts' => ['label' => 'Posts', 'permissions' => [...]],
        // ]
        
        return response()->json($grouped);
    }

    public function stats()
    {
        $stats = $this->permissionService->stats();
        
        // Returns:
        // [
        //   'total' => 50,
        //   'active' => 45,
        //   'deleted' => 5,
        //   'assigned' => 40,
        //   'unassigned' => 10,
        //   'by_group' => ['users' => 10, 'posts' => 8, ...],
        // ]
        
        return response()->json($stats);
    }
}

🔔 Events

The package dispatches 6 domain events that you can listen to:

Available Events

use Enadstack\LaravelRoles\Events\RoleCreated;
use Enadstack\LaravelRoles\Events\RoleUpdated;
use Enadstack\LaravelRoles\Events\RoleDeleted;
use Enadstack\LaravelRoles\Events\PermissionCreated;
use Enadstack\LaravelRoles\Events\PermissionUpdated;
use Enadstack\LaravelRoles\Events\PermissionsAssignedToRole;

Listening to Events

In EventServiceProvider:

protected $listen = [
    RoleCreated::class => [
        SendRoleCreatedNotification::class,
        LogRoleCreation::class,
    ],
    
    RoleDeleted::class => [
        NotifyAdminsOfRoleDeletion::class,
    ],
    
    PermissionsAssignedToRole::class => [
        ClearPermissionCache::class,
        LogPermissionAssignment::class,
    ],
];

Event Listener Example:

namespace App\Listeners;

use Enadstack\LaravelRoles\Events\RoleCreated;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;

class LogRoleCreation
{
    public function handle(RoleCreated $event): void
    {
        Log::info('New role created', [
            'role_id' => $event->role->id,
            'role_name' => $event->role->name,
            'created_by' => auth()->id(),
        ]);
        
        // Send notification, update audit log, etc.
    }
}

🏢 Multi-Tenancy

Single Tenant (Default)

No additional setup required. All roles and permissions are shared across the application.

Team-Scoped Tenancy

Setup:

1. Configure in config/roles.php:

'tenancy' => [
    'mode' => 'team_scoped',
    'team_foreign_key' => 'tenant_id', // or 'team_id', 'organization_id'
],

1. Add middleware to routes:

use Enadstack\LaravelRoles\Http\Middleware\SetPermissionTeamId;

// In bootstrap/app.php or Http/Kernel.php
->withMiddleware(function (Middleware $middleware) {
    $middleware->alias([
        'set.tenant' => SetPermissionTeamId::class,
    ]);
})

// Apply to routes
Route::middleware(['auth:sanctum', 'set.tenant'])->group(function () {
    Route::get('/admin/acl/roles', [RoleController::class, 'index']);
});

1. Sync permissions per tenant:

php artisan roles:sync --team-id=123

In Your Code:

// Set team context
setPermissionsTeamId($tenantId);

// Or manually
app()->instance('permission.team_id', $tenantId);

// Now all operations are scoped to this tenant
$user->assignRole('admin'); // Only within this tenant
$user->hasRole('admin'); // Checks within this tenant

Multi-Database Tenancy

Setup:

1. Configure:

'tenancy' => [
    'mode' => 'multi_database',
    'provider' => 'stancl/tenancy', // Your tenancy provider
],

1. Run migrations per tenant:

# Using Stancl Tenancy
php artisan tenants:artisan "migrate --path=database/migrations"

# Sync permissions per tenant
php artisan tenants:artisan "roles:sync"

🧪 Testing

Running Tests

# Run all tests
./vendor/bin/pest

# Run specific test file
./vendor/bin/pest tests/Feature/RoleApiTest.php

# Run with coverage
./vendor/bin/pest --coverage

Test Coverage

The package includes 32 comprehensive integration tests:

• ✅ Role CRUD operations (14 tests)
• ✅ Permission CRUD operations (14 tests)
• ✅ Permission matrix (1 test)
• ✅ Sync command (2 tests)
• ✅ Bulk operations (1 test)

All tests passing: 32/32 (100%)

🔍 Troubleshooting

Cache Issues

Problem: Changes not reflecting immediately

Solution:

php artisan permission:cache-reset
php artisan cache:clear

Migration Errors

Problem: "Table already exists" error

Solution:

# Check if migrations already ran
php artisan migrate:status

# If needed, rollback and re-run
php artisan migrate:rollback
php artisan migrate

Team-Scoped Not Working

Problem: Permissions not scoped to tenant

Solution:

// Make sure you're setting the team context
setPermissionsTeamId($tenantId);

// Or ensure middleware is applied
Route::middleware(['set.tenant'])->group(function () {
    // Your routes
});

Permission Not Found

Problem: Spatie\Permission\Exceptions\PermissionDoesNotExist

Solution:

# Sync permissions from config
php artisan roles:sync

# Or create manually via API
POST /admin/acl/permissions

📚 Additional Resources

Documentation Files

• INSTALLATION_GUIDE.md - Detailed installation steps
• SUCCESS_SUMMARY.md - Package features and achievements
• FINAL_TEST_RESULTS.md - Complete test results
• GIT_RELEASE_SUMMARY.md - Release information

API Examples

See the tests/Feature/ directory for comprehensive API usage examples.

Spatie Permission Docs

This package extends Spatie Laravel Permission. For advanced usage, refer to their documentation.

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please follow these steps:

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Write tests for your changes
4. Ensure all tests pass (./vendor/bin/pest)
5. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add amazing feature')
6. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
7. Open a Pull Request

📄 License

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

🙏 Credits

• Built on Spatie Laravel Permission
• Developed by Enad Abuzaid

📧 Support

• Issues: GitHub Issues
• Discussions: GitHub Discussions
• Email: [e-mail]

⭐ Star This Repository

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Version: 1.1.0
Status: Production Ready ✅
Tests: 32/32 Passing (100%) 🎊