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Build Production-ready APIs in Laravel with Tyro

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Tyro is an API package for building production-ready APIs in Laravel. It has a zero-config setup with authentication, authorization, privilege management, 40+ Artisan commands, and battle-tested security. You can use this package to quickly ship secure APIs in Laravel.

Using Tyro's built-in roles and privileges, you can protect routes using the roles, privilege, and privileges middleware:

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
 
// Require authentication
Route::middleware(['auth:sanctum'])
->get('/profile', ProfileController::class);
 
// Require specific role
Route::middleware(['auth:sanctum', 'role:admin'])
->get('/admin/dashboard', AdminDashboardController::class);
 
// Allow any of multiple roles
Route::middleware(['auth:sanctum', 'roles:admin,editor'])
->post('/articles', ArticleController::class);
 
// Require specific privilege
Route::middleware(['auth:sanctum', 'privilege:reports.run'])
->get('/reports', ReportController::class);
 
// Allow any of multiple privileges
Route::middleware(['auth:sanctum', 'privileges:billing.view,reports.run'])
->get('/analytics', AnalyticsController::class);

You can also protect API routes using a mix of roles and privileges, called abilities:

// Require ALL abilities (roles and/or privileges)
Route::middleware(['auth:sanctum', 'ability:admin,reports.run'])
->post('/reports/export', ReportExportController::class);
 
// Allow ANY ability
Route::middleware(['auth:sanctum', 'abilities:admin,super-admin,reports.run'])
->get('/reports/advanced', AdvancedReportController::class);

Here's an example of logging in and getting an API token out of the box after installing Tyro:

curl -X POST http://tyro-demo.test/api/login \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"email":"admin@tyro.project","password":"tyro"}'
{
"error": 0,
"id": 1,
"name": "Tyro Admin",
"token": "1|mNYqXI9AfPZw1bppwc3WK1F8WSHNAOnAYqV8RR0Oaa1644f7"
}
 
# Use the token
curl http://tyro-demo.test/api/me \
-H "Authorization: Bearer 1|mNYqXI9AfPZw1bppwc3WK1F8WSHNAOnAYqV8RR0Oaa1644f7"
{
"id": 1,
"name": "Tyro Admin",
"email": "admin@tyro.project",
"email_verified_at": null,
"created_at": "2025-11-27T02:46:33.000000Z",
"updated_at": "2025-11-27T02:46:33.000000Z",
"suspended_at": null,
"suspension_reason": null
}

Main Features

  • Zero configuration: install and inherit login, registration, profile, role, privileges, and more.
  • Security Hardened: Sanctum tokens, suspension workflows, and middleware stack.
  • Roles and Privileges: Reusable privileges per-role via HTTP or CLI.
  • 40+ CLI Commands: Seed roles, privileges, rotate tokens, suspend users, and more.
  • Production Ready: Provides factories, seeders, tests, and an official Postman collection.
  • Fully Extensible: Publish config, migrations, factories, and override Tyro internals as needed.
  • Read the documentation for a complete list of features and customizations.

👨‍💻 The source code is available on GitHub: hasinhayder/tyro

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