Laravel Teorion

Request-driven query filter package for Laravel — a formalized, secure replacement for ad-hoc query scope traits, with whitelist enforcement, isolated scope parameters, and single-call ViewModel integration.

Features

• 🎯 Declarative QueryFilter classes — one per resource, central whitelist for filters/scopes/withs/sorts
• 🔒 Whitelist enforcement — no accidental scope/relation exposure to clients
• 🔐 Isolated scope params — scopes[0][params][role_id]=3 keeps params scoped without colliding with global request
• 🔌 Built-in filter types — Exact, Like, MultiLike, Boolean, Null, Enum, In, Date, DateRange, Between, Range, GreaterThan, LessThan, Has, JsonContains, Callback, Scope
• 🔁 Backward compatible — supports legacy scopes[]=name format alongside the new isolated-params format
• 📑 Dual sort format — Spatie-style ?sort=-col,col2 AND legacy ?order_by=...&order_direction=...
• 🗑️ Auto soft delete handling — ?with_trashed=1, ?only_trashed=1 work automatically on SoftDeletes models
• 📊 Aggregation support — withCount, withSum, withAvg, withMax, withMin via withAggregates[]
• 📜 Cursor pagination — switch to cursor-based paging via ?pagination=cursor for large datasets / infinite scroll
• 🔍 Query audit & fingerprint — deterministic SHA-256 fingerprint + QueryAudited event for observability, cache key derivation, and N+1 detection
• 🛠 Fluent filter API — .alias(), .default(), .required() chainable
• 🧰 Macro system — register custom global filter types via FilterMacroRegistry
• 📖 Scribe integration — auto-generate API docs from #[UsesQueryFilter] attribute
• ✅ Validation rule generator — HasQueryFilterRules trait auto-generates FormRequest rules

Requirements

• PHP 8.1+
• Laravel 10, 11, 12, or 13

Installation

composer require teoprayoga/laravel-teorion

(Service provider auto-discovers via Laravel package discovery.)

Quick Start

1. Generate a QueryFilter class

php artisan make:query-filter PostQueryFilter

Creates app/QueryFilters/PostQueryFilter.php.

2. Declare your filters

use Teoprayoga\Teorion\Filters\Filter;
use Teoprayoga\Teorion\QueryFilter;

class PostQueryFilter extends QueryFilter
{
    protected array $defaultSort = ['-created_at'];

    public function filters(): array
    {
        return [
            'search'     => Filter::multiLike(['title', 'description']),
            'status'     => Filter::enum('status', StatusEnum::class),
            'is_active'  => Filter::boolean()->default(true),
            'created_by' => Filter::exact(),
            'has_image'  => Filter::has('image'),
        ];
    }

    public function allowedScopes(): array
    {
        return ['published', 'popular'];
    }

    public function allowedWiths(): array
    {
        return ['author', 'comments', 'tags'];
    }

    public function allowedWithCounts(): array
    {
        return ['comments', 'reactions'];
    }

    public function allowedSorts(): array
    {
        return ['created_at', 'title', 'view_count'];
    }
}

3. Add the Filterable trait to your model

Three ways to bind a QueryFilter (pick one):

A. Convention (zero boilerplate) — model Post auto-resolves to App\QueryFilters\PostQueryFilter:

use Teoprayoga\Teorion\Traits\Filterable;

class Post extends Model
{
    use Filterable;

    // Existing scopeXxx() methods stay here — whitelist controls which are exposed.
}

B. Property override — explicit, IDE-navigable:

class Post extends Model
{
    use Filterable;

    protected string $queryFilter = CustomPostQueryFilter::class;
}

C. Method override — for dynamic resolution:

use Teoprayoga\Teorion\QueryFilter;

class Post extends Model
{
    use Filterable;

    public function newQueryFilter(): QueryFilter
    {
        return new PostQueryFilter();
    }
}

Customize the convention namespace in config/teorion.php:

'query_filters_namespace' => 'App\\Filters\\Query',

4. Use in your ViewModel/Controller

public function index(GetRequest $request): mixed
{
    return Post::query()->filterAndPaginate($request);
    //                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    //                  applies all filters, scopes, withs, sorts,
    //                  and terminates with paginate() or get()
}

public function show(GetRequest $request, string $uuid): mixed
{
    return Post::findFiltered($request, $uuid);
}

Request Format

Available Filter Types

Fluent API

'search'     => Filter::multiLike(['name', 'desc'])->alias('q'),
'is_active'  => Filter::boolean()->default(true),
'tenant_id'  => Filter::exact()->required(),

Macros (Custom Filter Types)

// AppServiceProvider::boot()
FilterMacroRegistry::register('phone', function ($q, $value, $param) {
    return $q->where($param, preg_replace('/\D/', '', $value));
});

// In QueryFilter
'phone_number' => Filter::macro('phone'),

Scribe Integration

// Controller
use Teoprayoga\Teorion\Attributes\UsesQueryFilter;

class PostController
{
    #[UsesQueryFilter(PostQueryFilter::class)]
    public function index(GetRequest $request): JsonResponse { ... }
}

Register the strategy in config/scribe.php:

'strategies' => [
    'queryParameters' => [
        Strategies\QueryParameters\GetFromInlineValidator::class,
        Strategies\QueryParameters\GetFromQueryParamTag::class,
        \Teoprayoga\Teorion\Scribe\Strategies\UsesQueryFilterStrategy::class,
    ],
],

Validation Rule Generator

use Teoprayoga\Teorion\Concerns\HasQueryFilterRules;

class GetRequest extends FormRequest
{
    use HasQueryFilterRules;
    protected string $queryFilter = PostQueryFilter::class;

    public function rules(): array
    {
        return array_merge($this->queryFilterRules(), [
            // your custom rules
        ]);
    }
}

Configuration

config/teorion.php (published via php artisan vendor:publish --tag=teorion-config):

return [
    'default_per_page'         => 10,
    'paginate_key'             => 'is_paginate',
    'per_page_key'             => 'per_page',
    'max_results_key'          => 'max_results',
    'pagination_mode_key'      => 'pagination',
    'cursor_pagination_value'  => 'cursor',
    'cursor_name'              => 'cursor',
    'query_filters_namespace'  => 'App\\QueryFilters',
    'strict_mode'              => env('APP_DEBUG', false),
    'audit' => [
        'enabled'     => env('TEORION_AUDIT_ENABLED', false),
        'log'         => env('TEORION_AUDIT_LOG', false),
        'log_channel' => env('TEORION_AUDIT_LOG_CHANNEL', null),
        'sample_rate' => (float) env('TEORION_AUDIT_SAMPLE_RATE', 1.0),  // 0.0–1.0
    ],
    'fingerprint' => [
        'algorithm'    => env('TEORION_FINGERPRINT_ALGORITHM', 'sha256'),  // sha256 | xxh3 | xxh128
        'exclude_keys' => ['_token', '_method', 'page', 'cursor', 'signature', 'expires'],
    ],
];

• strict_mode=true → throws DisallowedScopeException / DisallowedWithException / ScopeMethodNotFoundException on unlisted requests
• strict_mode=false → silently skips disallowed values (production-safe default)

Cursor Pagination

For large datasets or infinite-scroll UIs, switch from offset to cursor pagination:

GET /posts?pagination=cursor&per_page=20

The response is a CursorPaginator exposing next_cursor / prev_cursor tokens. Pass via ?cursor=<token> to navigate.

// Filterable::scopeFilterAndPaginate return type
LengthAwarePaginator|CursorPaginator|Collection

Cursor pagination requires a deterministic orderBy clause — set one via $defaultSort in your QueryFilter (e.g., protected array $defaultSort = ['-id'];).

Query Audit & Fingerprint

Enable structured audit for every filterAndPaginate() and findFiltered() call:

TEORION_AUDIT_ENABLED=true
TEORION_AUDIT_LOG=true
TEORION_AUDIT_LOG_CHANNEL=stack

Listen for the event:

use Teoprayoga\Teorion\Events\QueryAudited;

Event::listen(QueryAudited::class, function (QueryAudited $event) {
    // $event->record:
    //   fingerprint: ['hash', 'algorithm', 'payload']
    //   filter_class, model_class
    //   terminal_mode: 'paginate' | 'cursor' | 'collection' | 'find'
    //   limit, result_count, duration_ms, user_id
});

The fingerprint is a deterministic SHA-256 hash of {filter_class, model_class, table, connection, normalized_parameters}. Parameters are recursively ksort-normalized so order doesn't change the hash. Useful for:

• Cache key derivation — same intent → same hash → same cache entry
• N+1 detection — duplicate hashes within one request indicate suspicious repetition
• Query analytics — group slow queries by fingerprint to find optimization targets

Customize excluded parameters (defaults exclude page/cursor/CSRF tokens):

'fingerprint' => [
    'exclude_keys' => ['_token', '_method', 'page', 'cursor', 'signature', 'expires', 'your_custom_key'],
],

Fingerprint Algorithm Choice

The default is sha256 — available without extensions, deterministic across PHP versions, fast enough (<1µs for typical request payloads). Hash itself is rarely the bottleneck — json_encode and recursive ksort dominate.

Three built-in algorithms (v2.4+):

Switch via config or env:

'fingerprint' => ['algorithm' => 'xxh3'],
// or: TEORION_FINGERPRINT_ALGORITHM=xxh3

Switching invalidates existing fingerprints — derive cache keys with the algorithm prefix to make rotation safe: "query:{$result->algorithm}:{$result->hash}".

Custom algorithms (e.g., blake3 via ext-blake3) can be registered in your AppServiceProvider:

use Teoprayoga\Teorion\Fingerprint\AlgorithmInterface;
use Teoprayoga\Teorion\Fingerprint\AlgorithmRegistry;

AlgorithmRegistry::register(new class implements AlgorithmInterface {
    public function name(): string { return 'blake3'; }
    public function hash(string $payload): string { return hash('blake3', $payload); }
});

Sampling

For production scale (10k+ req/min), full-rate audit can flood the event bus. Use audit.sample_rate (0.0–1.0):

TEORION_AUDIT_SAMPLE_RATE=0.01   # audit 1% of queries

Sampling is deterministic per fingerprint — same query intent always produces the same audit decision (always-on or always-off). This is intentional: random sampling would break fingerprint-based cache dedup (same query might or might not be audited). Hash-based sampling keeps decisions consistent.

Audit Boundaries

The audit hook is wired to these teorion terminal methods:

For audit on raw Builder chains, swap filter() → filterAudited():

Post::query()->filterAudited($request)->where('extra', $val)->get();
// → QueryAudited dispatched with terminal_mode='get'

Listener Recipes

The package emits events; you decide persistence and side effects. Five patterns:

1. Persist to database — your own audit log table:

class PersistQueryAudit
{
    public function handle(QueryAudited $event): void
    {
        QueryAuditLog::create([
            'fingerprint_hash' => $event->record['fingerprint']['hash'],
            'filter_class'     => $event->record['filter_class'],
            'duration_ms'      => $event->record['duration_ms'],
            'user_id'          => $event->record['user_id'],
            'recorded_at'      => now(),
        ]);
    }
}

2. Slack alert on slow queries (>500ms):

Event::listen(QueryAudited::class, function (QueryAudited $event) {
    if ($event->record['duration_ms'] > 500) {
        Notification::route('slack', config('alerts.slack_webhook'))
            ->notify(new SlowQueryAlert($event->record));
    }
});

3. Redis dedup cache (memoize identical queries):

Event::listen(QueryAudited::class, function (QueryAudited $event) {
    $key = 'query:' . $event->record['fingerprint']['hash'];
    Redis::setex($key, 60, json_encode($event->record));
});

4. N+1 detection within request:

Event::listen(QueryAudited::class, function (QueryAudited $event) {
    static $seen = [];
    $hash = $event->record['fingerprint']['hash'];
    $seen[$hash] = ($seen[$hash] ?? 0) + 1;
    if ($seen[$hash] > 3) {
        Log::warning('Suspected N+1 — same query repeated', [
            'hash'  => $hash,
            'count' => $seen[$hash],
            'class' => $event->record['filter_class'],
        ]);
    }
});

5. Sentry breadcrumb (low-overhead observability):

Event::listen(QueryAudited::class, function (QueryAudited $event) {
    \Sentry\addBreadcrumb(new \Sentry\Breadcrumb(
        level: 'info',
        type: 'query',
        category: 'teorion',
        message: "Query: {$event->record['filter_class']}",
        metadata: ['duration_ms' => $event->record['duration_ms']],
    ));
});

Testing

composer test

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Maintained by Teo Prayoga (@teoprayoga).

License

MIT