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Laravel Query Strategies

Build safe, flexible API endpoints by turning URL query parameters into Eloquent queries. Define a strategy that controls exactly which filters, sorts, fields, and relationships your API consumers can use.

Requirements

• PHP ^8.5
• Laravel ^13.0

Quick Example

Given a ProductStrategy that defines which parameters are allowed:

Your API consumers can now query like this:

And in your controller:

That single line handles filtering, sorting, field selection, eager loading, accessor appending, limiting, and pagination — all controlled by the strategy.

Why Use This?

• Safe by default — only parameters defined in your strategy are applied. Unknown parameters are ignored (or rejected in strict mode).
• Column obfuscation — map public parameter names to real database columns so your schema stays private.
• Flexible clauses — 17 built-in filter clauses (equals, contains, between, greater than, etc.) with operator overrides via URL.
• Relationship support — filter through relationships with dot notation, sort by relationship columns, and control eager loading.
• Composable — chain individual methods (filter(), order(), fields(), etc.) or call apply() to run everything at once.

Installation

The package auto-discovers its service provider. No manual registration needed.

Documentation

• Usage — Getting started, creating filters, query parameter syntax, and pagination
• Strategies — Defining strategies, parameter options, ordering, limiting, eager loads, and default filters
• Clauses — Built-in clauses, scope and trashed filtering, callbacks, and custom clauses
• Transmutes — Transforming values before filtering
• Configuration — Customising parameter names and strict mode

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.