README

URL Down Package for Laravel

What It Does

The url_down package allows you to easily put a specific URL or route of your Laravel application under maintenance or bring it back up. It provides Artisan commands to manage site maintenance on a per-route basis.

Installation

To install the package, run the following Composer command:

composer require akshay/laravel-url-maintenance

After installation, the service provider will be automatically registered if you're using Laravel 5.5 or later, thanks to package auto-discovery. For earlier versions of Laravel, you may need to add the service provider manually to your config/app.php file:

'providers' => [
    // Other Service Providers...
    Akshay\Url_down\UrlDownServiceProvider::class,
],

Next, publish the configuration file:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Akshay\Url_down\UrlDownServiceProvider"

This will publish the urldown.php configuration file to the config directory of your application.

Configuration

The configuration file config/urldown.php contains the settings for this package:

return [
    'routes_path' => storage_path('framework/under_maintenance_routes.json'),
    'error_code' => 500,
];

• routes_path: The routes_path is used to define the storage location for the route in the cache directory. You can customize this path to suit your project's structure.
• error_code: The HTTP status code to show when a route is down (default is 503).

You can modify these settings as per your needs.

Commands

This package provides two Artisan commands:

php artisan route:down

This command will set a specific route or URL as "under maintenance". It will ask you to select the route name, and then it will mark it as down, showing the maintenance message and error code specified in the configuration.

Usage:

php artisan route:down

After running the command, it will ask you to select the route name. Once a route is selected, it will be marked as down, and the configured error page will be displayed when that route is accessed.

php artisan route:up This command will bring a specific route or URL back online by removing it from maintenance mode. It will ask you to select the route name and remove it from the "under maintenance" state. Usage:

php artisan route:up

After running this command, the selected route will be restored, and it will no longer show the maintenance page.

How It Works

• The package works by storing the "down" routes in a list (which can be stored in a file, database, or any other medium you prefer).

• When a route is marked as "down", an error page will be displayed with the specified HTTP error code and the maintenance message.
• If the route is brought back up, it will start functioning as normal.

Example Usage:

• Run php artisan route:down, then select a route like /some-page. Now, any user visiting /some-page will see a "Service Unavailable" page (HTTP 503).

• Run php artisan route:up to bring /some-page back online.

Laravel Framework Support

This package is specifically designed to work with Laravel applications and will not function properly outside of the Laravel framework. Ensure you're using Laravel 8.0 or later for automatic package discovery.

Testing

composer test

Security

If you discover any security-related issues, please email patelakshay3943@gmail.com instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits

• AKshay Patel

License

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