Laravel API Versioning & Deprecation Manager

A production-ready API Versioning & Deprecation Lifecycle Manager for Laravel.

Table of Contents

• Why This Package?
• Features
• Installation
• Quick Example
• Configuration
• Architecture
• Artisan Commands
• Use Cases
• Production Notes
• Testing
• Roadmap
• Contributing
• License
• Author

Why This Package?

Laravel does not provide structured API lifecycle management out of the box.

As APIs evolve, teams need:

• Version isolation (/v1, /v2)
• Safe deprecation workflows
• Sunset communication
• Client-aware usage tracking
• Deprecated traffic monitoring

This package provides an opinionated and production-focused solution.

Features

API Versioning

• Route prefix versioning
• Header-based version resolution
• Query parameter fallback
• Version mismatch protection

Example:

use Malek\ApiVersioning\Facades\ApiRoute;

ApiRoute::version('v1')->group(function () {
    Route::get('/users', fn () => 'Users v1');
});

Access:

GET /v1/users

API Deprecation Management

Mark routes as deprecated:

ApiRoute::version('v2')
    ->deprecated('2026-01-01', 'Please migrate to v3')
    ->group(function () {
        Route::get('/legacy', fn () => 'Deprecated');
    });

Response headers:

Deprecation: true
Sunset: 2026-01-01
Warning: 299 - "Please migrate to v3"

Per-Client Usage Tracking

Tracks:

• Version
• Route
• Client (API key or authenticated user)

Supports:

• Header-based client resolution
• Auth-based resolution
• Anonymous fallback

Deprecated Usage Alerts

• Configurable threshold

• Time window monitoring

• Critical log trigger

Installation

Requirements

• PHP 8.1+
• Laravel 10 or 11

Install:

composer require malek/laravel-api-versioning

Publish config:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=api-versioning-config

Quick Example

use Malek\ApiVersioning\Facades\ApiRoute;

ApiRoute::version('v1')->group(function () {
    Route::get('/users', fn () => 'Users v1');
});

ApiRoute::version('v2')
    ->deprecated('2026-01-01', 'Upgrade to v3')
    ->group(function () {
        Route::get('/users', fn () => 'Users v2');
    });

Configuration

File:

config/api-versioning.php

Default Version

'default_version' => 'v1',

Version Resolver

'resolver' => [
    'header' => 'X-API-Version',
    'query'  => 'api_version',
],

Client Resolver

'client' => [
    'resolver' => 'header',
    'header'   => 'X-API-KEY',
    'fallback' => 'anonymous',
],

Usage Tracking

'usage' => [
    'enabled' => true,
    'ttl' => 60 * 60 * 24 * 30,
],

Deprecation Alerts

'alerts' => [
    'enabled' => true,
    'threshold' => 100,
    'window_minutes' => 5,
],

Architecture

Request
  ↓
ResolveApiVersion Middleware
  ↓
VersionedRouteRegistrar
  ↓
DeprecationHeaders Middleware
  ↓
ApiUsageTracker
  ↓
DeprecatedUsageMonitor
  ↓
Response

Artisan Commands

php artisan api:versions
php artisan api:deprecated
php artisan api:usage
php artisan api:alerts

Use Cases

• Mobile API version governance
• SaaS public APIs
• Gradual API migrations
• Enterprise API lifecycle control
• B2B multi-client APIs

Production Notes

• Uses Laravel Cache (Redis recommended)

• Logging-based alert mechanism

• No database dependency

• Horizontal scaling friendly

Testing

vendor/bin/phpunit

Roadmap

• Database persistence driver
• Slack / email alert integration
• Prometheus metrics exporter
• OpenAPI compatibility
• Sunset enforcement mode

Admin dashboard

Contributing

• Fork repository
• Create feature branch
• Submit Pull Request

License

MIT License

Author

Malek Deghlawi GitHub: https://github.com/malek-deghlawi