suman98/laravel-api-debug-with-user

A standalone web UI to test internal Laravel API routes as any authenticated user.

v1 2026-02-19 08:15 UTC

Requires

• php: >=7.4
• vlucas/phpdotenv: ^5.6

MIT

• Suman

• debug
• api
• laravel
• tester
• internal-api

README

A standalone web UI to test internal Laravel API routes as any authenticated user — without Postman, curl, or writing test code.

Features

• 🚀 Call any internal Laravel route (GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE)
• 🔐 Authenticate as any user by ID
• 📝 JSON or Key-Value payload editor
• 🎨 Dark / Light theme with persistence
• 📋 Multiple request cards with localStorage persistence
• 🖥️ Fullscreen response viewer with JSON syntax highlighting
• 📄 HTML error page rendering (iframe preview)

Installation

Option 1 — Clone & Run (standalone)

git clone https://github.com/suman98/laravel-api-debug-with-user.git
cd laravel-api-debug-with-user
composer install
cp .env.example .env

Edit .env and set the path to your Laravel project:

LARAVEL_PROJECT_PATH=/path/to/your/laravel/project

Start the server:

php bin/serve
# or with custom host/port:
php bin/serve 0.0.0.0 9000

Open http://localhost:8089 in your browser.

Option 2 — Install via Composer

composer require suman98/laravel-api-debug-with-user --dev

Create a .env in your project root (or wherever you run the command from):

LARAVEL_PROJECT_PATH=/path/to/your/laravel/project

Run the built-in server:

./vendor/bin/serve

Project Structure

├── bin/
│   └── serve                  # CLI dev server script
├── public/
│   └── index.php              # Web UI entry point
├── src/
│   ├── Bootstrap.php          # Laravel bootstrapper (loads .env + app)
│   └── InternalApiCaller.php  # API caller class
├── .env.example
├── composer.json
└── readme.md

How It Works

1. The tool bootstraps your external Laravel application using the path from LARAVEL_PROJECT_PATH.
2. It authenticates as any user via Auth::setUser().
3. It dispatches an internal Request through Laravel's HTTP kernel.
4. The response (JSON or HTML) is rendered in the browser.

The User model is resolved automatically from your Laravel project's config('auth.providers.users.model') — no hardcoded model references.

Requirements

• PHP >= 7.4
• A Laravel project (any version with HTTP Kernel)
• Composer

License

MIT