Signed URL generator for Spiral Framework based on Laravel

The package allows you to easily create "signed" URLs to named routes. These URLs have a "signature" hash appended to the query string which allows Spiral Framework to verify that the URL has not been modified since it was created.

Signed URLs are especially useful for routes that are publicly accessible yet need a layer of protection against URL manipulation.

Requirements

Make sure that your server is configured with following PHP version and extensions:

• PHP 8.1+
• Spiral framework 3.0+

Installation

You can install the package via composer:

composer require spiral-packages/signed-urls

After package install you need to register bootloader from the package.

protected const LOAD = [
    // ...
    \Spiral\SignedUrls\Bootloader\SignedUrlsBootloader::class,
];

Note if you are using spiral-packages/discoverer, you don't need to register bootloader by yourself.

Specify env variables

# Secret key for generating the HMAC variant of the message digest.
# REQUIRED
SIGNED_URLS_KEY=secret

# Name of selected hashing algorithm (i.e. "md5", "sha256", "haval160,4", etc..)
# OPTIONAL (sha256 by default)
SIGNED_URLS_ALGO=sha256

Usage

For example, you might use signed URLs to implement a public "email verification" link that is emailed to your customers:

class VerifyEmailNotification 
{
    public function __construct(
        private readonly \Spiral\SignedUrls\UrlGeneratorInterface $urls
        private readonly  \Spiral\Views\ViewInterface $view
    ) {}
    
    public function buildView(): string
    {
        return $this->view->render([
            'signed_url' => $this->urls->signedRoute(
                route: 'verify-email',
                parameters: ['user_id' => 100]
            )
        ]);
    }
}

If you would like to generate a temporary signed route URL that expires after a specified amount of time, you may pass expiration date in method. When Spiral Framework validates a temporary signed route URL, it will ensure that the expiration timestamp that is encoded into the signed URL has not expired:

class VerifyEmailNotification 
{
    public function __construct(
        private readonly \Spiral\SignedUrls\UrlGeneratorInterface $urls
        private readonly  \Spiral\Views\ViewInterface $view
    ) {}
    
    public function buildView(): string
    {
        return $this->view->render([
            'signed_url' => $this->urls->signedRoute(
                route: 'verify-email',
                parameters: ['user_id' => 100],
                expiration: new \DateTime('...')
            )
        ]);
    }
}

You may sign not only routes but also Urls:

class VerifyEmailNotification 
{
    public function __construct(
        private readonly \Spiral\SignedUrls\UrlGeneratorInterface $urls
        private readonly  \Spiral\Views\ViewInterface $view
    ) {}
    
    public function buildView(): string
    {
        return $this->view->render([
            'signed_url' => $this->urls->signedUrl(
                uri: new \Nyholm\Psr7\Uri('http://site.com/verify-email/?user_id=1'),
                expiration: new \DateTime('...')
            )
        ]);
    }
}

Validating Signed Urls

To verify that a URL has a valid signature, you should call the hasValidSignature method:

class EmailVerificationController
{
    public function __construct(
        private readonly \Spiral\SignedUrls\UrlGeneratorInterface $urls
    ) {}
    
    
    public function verify(\Psr\Http\Message\RequestInterface $request): string
    {
        if (!$this->urls->hasValidSignature($request->getUri())) {
            return 'ERROR';
        }
        
        return 'OK';
    }
}

Instead of validating signed URLs using the incoming request instance, you may assign the Spiral\SignedUrls\Middleware\ValidateSignature middleware to the route:

class EmailVerificationController
{
    public function __construct(
        private readonly \Spiral\SignedUrls\UrlGeneratorInterface $urls
    ) {}
    
    #[\Spiral\Router\Annotation\Route(
        name: 'verify-email',
        route: '...',
        middleware: \Spiral\SignedUrls\Middleware\ValidateSignature::class
    )]
    public function verify(\Psr\Http\Message\RequestInterface $request): string
    {
        return 'OK';
    }
}

Testing

composer test

Changelog

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

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

Security Vulnerabilities

Please review our security policy on how to report security vulnerabilities.

Credits

• Pavel Buchnev
• All Contributors

License

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