Excluding FilamentPHP from API Requests
We show you how to prevent FilamentPHP from loading on API requests in Laravel projects that exclusively provide an API.
Why would you do this? Two reasons: it increases the stability and availability of your API and improves performance.
How to Prevent FilamentPHP from Loading on an API Request
In the Filament AdminPanelProvider, add the following register() method, which ensures that the panel is not loaded on an API request:
class AdminPanelProvider extends PanelProvider
{
public function register(): void
{
if (request()->is('api/*')) {
return;
}
parent::register();
}
public function panel(Panel $panel): Panel
{
// dd('test');
return $panel
->default()Language:phpWhy Does This Make Sense?
Performance
If FilamentPHP is installed in the project, you can assume it is used for administration. It is not needed to handle the API requests and therefore does not have to be loaded. That saves resources. To illustrate this, I created 500 empty User resources and measured the response time:
With 500 Filament resources: ~107ms/request
Completely without Filament: ~19ms/request
Stability
We all make mistakes from time to time. Should an error sneak into the system that lies in the admin panel or one of its resources, we can thereby rule out that the availability of the API is restricted.
