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# Telex APM

**Telex APM** is a simple, installable Laravel package designed to monitor and collect application performance metrics. The package collects data on each backend request and sends these metrics to a specified webhook URL. The package is intended to be easily integrated into any Laravel application.

## Features

- Middleware to collect backend metrics for each request.
- Send collected metrics to a configurable webhook URL.
- Easy installation via Composer.
- Configurable via Laravel's standard configuration file system.

## Requirements

- PHP 7.4 or higher
- Laravel 8.x or higher
- `pdo_sqlite` (if using SQLite for testing purposes)

## Installation

To install the package in your Laravel project, follow these steps:

### 1. Install via Composer

Run the following command in your Laravel project root directory:

```bash
composer require telexapm/telex-php-apm

2. Publish the Configuration

After installing the package, you need to publish the configuration file:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=config

This will create a config/apm.php file where you can configure the webhook URL.

3. Configure the Webhook URL

Open the config/apm.php file and set your webhook URL:

return [
    'webhook_url' => 'https://example.com/your-webhook-endpoint', // Replace with your actual URL
];

4. Middleware Integration

The package automatically registers the APM middleware, which will track metrics for all requests in the web middleware group. Ensure your Laravel application routes are using the web middleware group for monitoring.

Usage

Once installed and configured, the package will automatically collect metrics for each incoming request to your Laravel application. These metrics will be sent to the configured webhook URL via a POST request.

Collected Metrics

The following metrics are collected for each request:

HTTP Method (GET, POST, etc.)
Request URL
Response Status Code
Request Duration
Request Headers
Timestamp

Testing

To ensure the package is working correctly, you can run your Laravel project in development mode and make a few requests. The metrics collected should be sent to the configured webhook URL.

If you're encountering any errors, you can check Laravel's log files located in storage/logs/laravel.log.

Development

If you want to contribute to the package or modify it:

1. Clone the Repository

Clone the package repository locally:

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/telex-apm.git
cd telex-apm

2. Install Dependencies

Install dependencies using Composer:

composer install

3. Run Tests

You can run tests to ensure everything is working:

vendor/bin/phpunit

Deployment

To make the package public on Packagist, follow these steps:

Ensure you have a Packagist account.
Log in to Packagist and submit your package's repository URL.
Use composer.json to maintain the package metadata.

Contributing

If you'd like to contribute, please fork the repository and use a feature branch. Pull requests are warmly welcome.

Issues

If you encounter any issues, please feel free to open an issue on GitHub.

License

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

Contact

For more information or support, please reach out to:

Email: micahshallom@gmail.com
GitHub: Micah Shallom


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