API Auth Guard (CodeIgniter 4)

JWT authentication, rate limiting and API keys for CodeIgniter 4 — one config file.

Drop-in authentication for CodeIgniter 4 APIs: JWT issuance & refresh, per-route rate limiting, API key management with scopes and a request audit trail. Designed for legacy CI teams modernizing their backends without a rewrite.

Features

• JWT access + refresh tokens
• Per-route rate limiting
• Scoped API keys
• Request audit trail

Requirements

PHP 8.0+, CodeIgniter 4.4+.

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