Laravel Impersonate

Laravel Impersonate makes it easy to authenticate as your users. Add a simple trait to your user model and impersonate as on of your users in one click.

Requirements

• Laravel >= 5.4
• PHP >= 5.6

Installation

• Require it with Composer:

composer require lab404/laravel-impersonate

• Add the service provider at the end of your config/app.php:

'providers' => [
    // ...
    Lab404\Impersonate\ImpersonateServiceProvider::class,
],

• Add the trait Lab404\Impersonate\Models\Impersonate to your User model.

Simple usage

Impersonate an user:

Auth::user()->impersonate($other_user);
// You're now logged as the $other_user

Leave impersonation:

Auth::user()->leaveImpersonation();
// You're now logged as your original user.

Using the built-in controller

In your routes file you must call the impersonate route macro.

Route::impersonate();

// Where $id is the ID of the user you want impersonate
route('impersonate', $id)

// Generate an URL to leave current impersonation
route('impersonate.leave')

Advanced Usage

Defining impersonation authorization

By default all users can impersonate an user.
You need to add the method canImpersonate() to your user model:

    /**
     * @return bool
     */
    public function canImpersonate()
    {
        // For example
        return $this->attributes['id_admin'] == 1;
    }

Using your own strategy

• Getting the manager:

// With the app helper
app('impersonate')
// Dependency Injection
public function impersonate(ImpersonateManager $manager, $user_id) { /* ... */ }

• Working with the manager:

$manager = app('impersonate');

// Find an user by its ID
$manager->findUserById($id);

// TRUE if your are impersonating an user.
$manager->isImpersonating();

// Impersonate an user. Pass the original user and the user you want to impersonate
$manager->take($from, $to);

// Leave current impersonation
$manager->leave();

// Get the impersonator ID
$manager->getImpersonatorId();

Configuration

The package comes with a configuration file.

Publish it with the following command:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=impersonate

Available options:

    // The session key used to store the original user id.
    'session_key' => 'impersonated_by',
    // The URI to redirect after taking an impersonation.
    // Only used in the built-in controller.
    'take_redirect_to' => '/',
    // The URI to redirect after leaving an impersonation.
    // Only used in the built-in controller.
    'leave_redirect_to' => '/'

Blade

There is two Blade directives available.

When the user can impersonate

@canImpersonate
    <a href="{{ route('impersonate', $user->id) }}">Impersonate this user</a>
@endCanImpersonate

When the user is impersonated

@impersonating
    <a href="{{ route('impersonate.leave') }}">Leave impersonation</a>
@endImpersonating

Tests

vendor/bin/phpunit

Contributors

• MarceauKa
• tghpow
• and all others contributors

Licence

MIT