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Complete API idempotency lifecycle management for Laravel - Prevent duplicate operations, ensure safe retries

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What Laravel API Idempotency does for you — Stop duplicate charges, double orders and repeated side effects when a client retries a request. Add one middleware and your API safely returns the same response for the same Idempotency-Key — no more defensive code in every controller.

This package is free and maintained on my own time. If it saves you hours, a small contribution helps me keep it going: 💖 GitHub Sponsors · ☕ Buy Me a Coffee · PayPal

Features

• RFC Draft Compliant - Follows IETF Idempotency-Key Header Draft
• Multiple Storage Drivers - Cache, Redis, Database, or DynamoDB
• Payload Fingerprinting - SHA256 verification prevents key reuse with different data
• Conflict Detection - Handles concurrent requests with wait/reject strategies
• Scoping - Scope keys to user, tenant, IP, or custom resolver
• Zero Configuration - Works out of the box with sensible defaults
• Artisan Commands - Stats, cleanup, and management tools
• Testing Helpers - Fluent testing API with IdempotencyFake

Requirements

• PHP 8.3+
• Laravel 12.x or 13.x

Installation

composer require grazulex/laravel-api-idempotency

Publish the configuration:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag="api-idempotency-config"

For database driver, publish migrations:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag="api-idempotency-migrations"
php artisan migrate

Quick Start

Apply the middleware to routes:

// routes/api.php
Route::post('/payments', [PaymentController::class, 'store'])
    ->middleware('idempotent');

Route::post('/orders', [OrderController::class, 'store'])
    ->middleware('idempotent:required'); // Key required

Client request with idempotency key:

curl -X POST https://api.example.com/payments \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: pay_abc123_unique_key" \
  -d '{"amount": 9999, "currency": "EUR"}'

First request: Executes normally, response cached Same key again: Returns cached response, no re-execution

Response Headers

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Idempotency-Key: pay_abc123_unique_key
X-Idempotent-Replayed: false

On replay:

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Idempotency-Key: pay_abc123_unique_key
X-Idempotent-Replayed: true
X-Original-Request-Time: 2025-01-15T10:30:00+00:00

Middleware Options

// Custom TTL (seconds)
->middleware('idempotent:ttl=172800')  // 48 hours

// Require key (returns 400 if missing)
->middleware('idempotent:required')

// Custom scope
->middleware('idempotent:scope=team')

// Combined options
->middleware('idempotent:required,ttl=3600')

PHP Attributes

use Grazulex\ApiIdempotency\Attributes\Idempotent;
use Grazulex\ApiIdempotency\Attributes\IdempotentExcept;

#[Idempotent]
class PaymentController extends Controller
{
    public function store(Request $request) { /* ... */ }

    #[IdempotentExcept]
    public function index() { /* ... */ } // Excluded
}

Programmatic Usage

use Grazulex\ApiIdempotency\Facades\Idempotency;

// Check if already processed
if ($cached = Idempotency::get($key)) {
    return $cached->toResponse();
}

// Store manually
Idempotency::store($key, response()->json($data, 201));

// Skip caching (e.g., for validation errors)
Idempotency::skip();

Key Generation

use Grazulex\ApiIdempotency\Support\IdempotencyKey;

// Generate unique key
$key = IdempotencyKey::generate();         // "idem_01HQ3K4M..."
$key = IdempotencyKey::generate('pay');    // "pay_01HQ3K4M..."

// Deterministic key from data
$key = IdempotencyKey::fromData([
    'user_id' => 123,
    'action' => 'create_payment',
]);

Artisan Commands

# View statistics
php artisan idempotency:stats

# Cleanup expired keys
php artisan idempotency:cleanup

# Remove specific key
php artisan idempotency:forget pay_abc123

# List recent keys
php artisan idempotency:list --limit=20

Events

use Grazulex\ApiIdempotency\Events\IdempotentRequestProcessed;
use Grazulex\ApiIdempotency\Events\IdempotentRequestReplayed;
use Grazulex\ApiIdempotency\Events\IdempotentConflictDetected;
use Grazulex\ApiIdempotency\Events\IdempotentPayloadMismatch;

Configuration

// config/api-idempotency.php
return [
    'enabled' => env('API_IDEMPOTENCY_ENABLED', true),
    'header' => env('API_IDEMPOTENCY_HEADER', 'Idempotency-Key'),

    'key' => [
        'required' => false,
        'min_length' => 10,
        'max_length' => 255,
        'pattern' => '/^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$/',
    ],

    // Drivers: cache, redis, database, dynamodb
    'driver' => env('API_IDEMPOTENCY_DRIVER', 'cache'),

    'drivers' => [
        'cache' => [
            'store' => 'default',
            'prefix' => 'idempotency:',
        ],
        'redis' => [
            'connection' => 'default',
            'prefix' => 'idempotency:',
        ],
        'database' => [
            'connection' => null,
            'table' => 'idempotency_keys',
        ],
        'dynamodb' => [
            'table' => 'idempotency_keys',
            'region' => 'eu-west-1',
        ],
    ],

    'ttl' => env('API_IDEMPOTENCY_TTL', 86400), // 24 hours

    'conflict' => [
        'strategy' => 'wait', // or 'reject'
        'wait_timeout' => 10,
        'retry_interval' => 100,
    ],

    'fingerprint' => [
        'enabled' => true,
        'algorithm' => 'sha256',
        'include_path' => true,
        'include_method' => true,
        'include_body' => true,
        'exclude_fields' => ['timestamp', 'nonce'],
    ],

    'scope' => [
        'enabled' => true,
        'resolver' => 'user', // user, tenant, ip, or callable
    ],

    'logging' => [
        'enabled' => true,
        'log_hits' => true,
        'log_conflicts' => true,
    ],
];

Testing

use Grazulex\ApiIdempotency\Facades\Idempotency;

public function test_idempotency(): void
{
    Idempotency::fake();

    // Your test code...

    Idempotency::assertStored('expected_key');
    Idempotency::assertReplayed('expected_key');
    Idempotency::assertStoredCount(5);
}

Integration testing:

public function test_payment_is_idempotent(): void
{
    $key = 'test_key_' . uniqid();
    $payload = ['amount' => 9999];

    $response1 = $this->postJson('/api/payments', $payload, [
        'Idempotency-Key' => $key,
    ]);

    $response1->assertStatus(201)
        ->assertHeader('X-Idempotent-Replayed', 'false');

    $response2 = $this->postJson('/api/payments', $payload, [
        'Idempotency-Key' => $key,
    ]);

    $response2->assertStatus(201)
        ->assertHeader('X-Idempotent-Replayed', 'true')
        ->assertJson($response1->json());
}

Quality Tools

# Run tests
composer test

# Code style (Laravel Pint)
composer pint

# Static analysis (PHPStan Level 5)
composer analyse

Error Responses

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information on what has changed recently.

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

Security

If you discover any security-related issues, please email security@grazulex.dev instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits

• Jean-Marc Strauven
• All Contributors

Support This Package

Laravel API Idempotency is free, open source and maintained on my own time. If it saves you hours, here is how you can give back:

• ⭐ Star the repository — it helps other developers find it
• 🐦 Share it with your team and network
• 💖 Sponsor on GitHub, buy me a coffee or donate via PayPal — every contribution funds maintenance, new features and Laravel upgrades

License

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

See Also

• laravel-apiroute - API versioning lifecycle management
• laravel-api-kit - API-only Laravel starter kit