Filament Short URL

A professional, high-performance Short URL Manager plugin for Filament v5. Built from scratch with cutting-edge practices, proxy resistance, offline Geo-IP engines, enterprise-grade smart targeting, and zero external shortening API dependencies.

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Features

• 🔗 Short URL Generation — Create custom links or let the system auto-generate collision-free Base62 keys.
• 🌍 Multiple Geo-IP Drivers — High-speed offline detection using local MaxMind databases, edge-provided CDN headers (Cloudflare, CloudFront, generic), or fallback API integration.
• 📈 Real-Time Statistics Dashboard — Track visits in real-time with cached aggregate metrics (countries, devices, browsers, operating systems, referrers, traffic charts, and maps).
• 🎨 SVG QR Code Designer — Built-in interactive design canvas in Filament to customize dot styles, margins, gradient coloring, and background transparency with instant SVG download.
• ⚡ Ultra-Fast Redirects — Redirections resolve in milliseconds. Analytical tasks, event dispatching, and GA4 payloads are processed asynchronously via Laravel Queue jobs.
• 🎯 Google Analytics 4 server-side tracking — Native integration with the GA4 Measurement Protocol to bypass client-side AdBlockers completely.
• ⚙️ Dual-way UTM Campaign Builder — Built-in form builder synchronizes UTM parameters with your destination URLs in real-time (two-way binding).
• 🔒 Link Validity Ranges & Expiry — Set activation date ranges (From - To), custom visit limit counters (e.g. active for 3 clicks then expires), single-use restrictions, and custom fallback redirect URLs on expiration instead of static 410 Gone errors.
• ➡️ Query Parameter Forwarding — Dynamically forward client query parameters (e.g. ad tokens, discount codes) to the destination URL.
• 🛠️ Dedicated Settings GUI — Manage global configuration (routing, Geo-IP, GA4, cache, rate limiting, aggregation) directly inside the Filament panel without modifying files or .env files.
• 💻 Fluent Developer Builder — Native model query builder pattern and robust programmatic generation APIs.
• 🔑 Password-Protected Links — Require a password before redirecting visitors, with session-based unlock.
• ⚠️ Redirect Warning Pages — Show an interstitial security page before redirecting to external URLs (phishing/NSFW protection).
• 🎯 Smart Link Targeting — Route visitors to different destination URLs based on their device type, country, or via weighted A/B split rotation.
• 🛡️ Rate Limiting / Bot Protection — Configurable per-IP rate limits on redirects with automatic 429 Too Many Requests responses.
• 📊 Daily Stats Aggregation & Pruning — Automatic daily summarization of raw visit logs into compact daily stats tables. Configurable retention window prevents unbounded database growth at scale.

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Requirements

• PHP 8.3+
• Laravel 11+
• Filament 5+

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Installation

Install the package via Composer:

composer require janczakb/filament-short-url

Publish and run the database migrations:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=filament-short-url-migrations
php artisan migrate

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Publishing Package Assets

Customize and override views, translations, or configuration files by publishing the package assets:

1. Publish Config File

Copies the default config file to config/filament-short-url.php:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=filament-short-url-config

2. Publish Translation Files

Copies localization files to lang/vendor/filament-short-url/ (English and Polish included by default):

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=filament-short-url-translations

3. Publish Blade Views & Templates

Copies the dashboard components, charts, and QR designer templates to resources/views/vendor/filament-short-url/:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=filament-short-url-views

4. Publish CSS Assets

The plugin ships with a pre-compiled stylesheet. Copy it to your application's public directory so the browser can load it:

php artisan filament:assets

That's all. The plugin's CSS will be served from public/css/janczakb/filament-short-url/filament-short-url.css and Filament registers it automatically.

You do not need to run Tailwind, Vite, or npm for the plugin styles. The compiled file is included in the package.

Tip — automate on every composer install / composer update:

Add filament:assets to the post-autoload-dump scripts in your application's composer.json so the assets are always up to date without manual steps:

"scripts": {
    "post-autoload-dump": [
        "Illuminate\\Foundation\\ComposerScripts::postAutoloadDump",
        "@php artisan package:discover --ansi",
        "@php artisan filament:assets"
    ]
}

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🛠 For Plugin Developers Only

If you are modifying the plugin source and need to recompile its stylesheet after changing Blade/PHP files:

# 1. Recompile the plugin CSS with Tailwind v4
npx @tailwindcss/cli -i ./packages/filament-short-url/resources/css/plugin.css \
    -o ./packages/filament-short-url/resources/dist/filament-short-url.css --minify

# 2. Re-publish the compiled asset to public/
php artisan filament:assets

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Setup

Register the plugin in your Filament Panel Provider (app/Providers/Filament/AdminPanelProvider.php):

use Bjanczak\FilamentShortUrl\FilamentShortUrlPlugin;

public function panel(Panel $panel): Panel
{
    return $panel
        ->plugins([
            FilamentShortUrlPlugin::make()
                ->navigationGroup('Marketing')      // optional — sidebar group name
                ->navigationLabel('Short Links')    // optional — override menu item name
                ->navigationIcon('heroicon-o-link') // optional — override menu icon
                ->navigationSort(50),               // optional — sort order in sidebar
        ]);
}

Navigation Configuration Options

All fluent methods on the plugin are optional. If not called, the plugin falls back to defaults or translation files:

Method	Default	Description
navigationGroup(string)	null	Groups the resource menu item under a sidebar section.
navigationLabel(string)	'Short URLs'	Overrides the menu item display name.
navigationIcon(string)	heroicon-o-link	Overrides the Heroicon used in the sidebar.
navigationSort(int)	50	Controls the sort order within the navigation list.

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Global Settings GUI

The package comes with a built-in admin settings dashboard. You can access it by clicking the Settings action button on the top-right header of the Short URLs resource.

Settings are stored dynamically in storage/app/filament-short-url-settings.json and immediately override config defaults.

The settings panel allows you to configure:

1. General Routing & Queueing

• Route Prefix: The slug prepended to short URLs (e.g. s for /s/{key}).
• Default Redirect Status: Choose 302 (Found / Temporary) or 301 (Moved Permanently).
  • Note: 302 is highly recommended for analytics accuracy because browsers cache 301 redirects, skipping subsequent logs.
• Key Length: Default character count (base62) for auto-generated keys (default: 6).
• Queue Connection: Define the Laravel queue connection (e.g. redis, database, sync) used for processing visit analytics asynchronously.

2. Geo-IP Country Detection

Toggle country tracking and select from three drivers:

• Headers (Edge Resolution): Automatically detects client country using standard edge headers (e.g. Cloudflare's CF-IPCountry, AWS CloudFront's CloudFront-Viewer-Country, or generic proxies).
• MaxMind (Offline Resolution): Reads from a local GeoIP2 database (such as the free GeoLite2-Country database).
• IP-API (Online Fallback): Makes an external API call to ip-api.com with configurable timeout.

3. Google Analytics 4 (GA4) Integration

Sends server-side short_url_visit hits using the GA4 Measurement Protocol API. This bypasses browser-side AdBlockers entirely.

• GA4 API Secret: Create this secret in Google Analytics under Admin -> Data Streams -> Measurement Protocol API secrets.
• Firebase App ID / Measurement ID: The target analytics stream identifier.

4. Counter Buffering (Write-back Caching)

For extremely high-traffic applications, direct database writes for click counts can cause row-locking bottlenecks.

• Buffer Click Counts: Toggling this option buffers total and unique visit count increments in the application cache.
• Cron Synchronization: When enabled, you must schedule the synchronization command to run periodically (e.g., every minute) to flush counts to the database:

  php artisan short-url:sync-counters
  

  In your scheduler (routes/console.php or app/Console/Kernel.php):

  $schedule->command('short-url:sync-counters')->everyMinute();
  

5. Performance & Security Tab (new in v1.2.0)

High-Traffic Log Management (Aggregation & Pruning)

At scale, the short_url_visits table can grow to tens of gigabytes. The aggregation system solves this:

• Enable Daily Aggregation: When enabled, the nightly short-url:aggregate-and-prune command summarizes the previous day's raw visit records into the compact short_url_daily_stats table.
• Prune Raw Logs After (days): Raw visit records older than this threshold are permanently deleted after aggregation. Set to 0 to disable pruning. Default: 90 days.

Schedule the command in your scheduler:

$schedule->command('short-url:aggregate-and-prune')->dailyAt('02:00');

Rate Limiting / Bot Protection

Prevent redirect abuse and bot traffic flooding:

• Enable Rate Limiting: Activates per-IP rate limiting on all redirect routes.
• Max Redirects Allowed: Maximum number of redirect requests per IP within the decay window. Default: 60.
• Decay Window (seconds): The rolling time window for the rate limiter. Default: 60 seconds.

When a client exceeds the limit, a 429 Too Many Requests response is returned with a Retry-After header.

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Password-Protected Links (new in v1.2.0)

You can require visitors to enter a password before being redirected. Enable this in the Targeting & Security tab of the short URL form:

• Set a plain-text password in the Access Password field.
• Visitors will see a styled password prompt page before gaining access.
• The unlock state is stored in the PHP session — visitors only need to enter the password once per session.

// Programmatically — set via fillable attributes
$shortUrl = ShortUrl::destination('https://secret.example.com')
    ->create();

$shortUrl->update(['password' => 'my-secret-pass']);

Note

: Passwords are currently stored as plain text. For sensitive use-cases, hash the password and compare with Hash::check() by overriding the redirect controller.

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Redirect Warning Pages (new in v1.2.0)

Enable the Show Redirect Warning Page toggle in the Targeting & Security tab to display a safety interstitial before redirecting.

The warning page:

• Shows the destination URL clearly so visitors can verify they trust it.
• Provides Continue and Go Back buttons.
• Is confirmed via a ?confirmed=1 query parameter — no additional session storage required.
• Is styled to match the password prompt page (glassmorphism, dark mode compatible).

This feature is useful for NSFW links, external partner links, or any URL that leaves a trusted domain.

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Smart Link Targeting (new in v1.2.0)

The Targeting & Security tab exposes a powerful rule engine that lets you route different visitors to different destinations — all from a single short URL.

Available Strategies

1. Device-Based Redirects

Route visitors to different URLs based on their device type (detected from User-Agent):

Device	Detected by User-Agent containing
iOS (Mobile)	iphone, ipad, ipod
Android	android
Desktop	Everything else

// Programmatic example
$shortUrl->update([
    'targeting_rules' => [
        'type' => 'device',
        'device' => [
            'ios'     => 'https://apps.apple.com/your-app',
            'android' => 'https://play.google.com/your-app',
            'desktop' => 'https://example.com/download',
        ],
    ],
]);

2. Country-Based (Geo-IP) Redirects

Route visitors to country-specific URLs. Requires Geo-IP to be enabled in settings. Falls back to the default destination_url for unlisted countries.

$shortUrl->update([
    'targeting_rules' => [
        'type' => 'geo',
        'geo' => [
            ['country_code' => 'PL', 'url' => 'https://pl.example.com'],
            ['country_code' => 'US', 'url' => 'https://us.example.com'],
            ['country_code' => 'DE', 'url' => 'https://de.example.com'],
        ],
    ],
]);

3. A/B Split Rotation

Distribute traffic across multiple URLs using weighted random selection. Weights are proportional — they do not need to sum to 100.

$shortUrl->update([
    'targeting_rules' => [
        'type' => 'rotation',
        'rotation' => [
            ['url' => 'https://variant-a.example.com', 'weight' => 70],
            ['url' => 'https://variant-b.example.com', 'weight' => 30],
        ],
    ],
]);

All targeting strategies fall back gracefully to the link's primary destination_url if no rule matches.

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High-Traffic Optimizations (new in v1.2.0)

Daily Stats Aggregation

The short_url_daily_stats table stores pre-aggregated daily summaries per short URL. Each row contains:

Column	Description
date	The calendar day
visits_count	Total visits
unique_visits_count	Unique visitors (by hashed IP)
device_stats	JSON — visit counts by device type
browser_stats	JSON — visit counts by browser
os_stats	JSON — visit counts by operating system
country_stats	JSON — visit counts by country
city_stats	JSON — visit counts by city
referer_stats	JSON — visit counts by referer domain
utm_source_stats	JSON — visit counts by UTM source
utm_medium_stats	JSON — visit counts by UTM medium
utm_campaign_stats	JSON — visit counts by UTM campaign

The getCachedStats() model method automatically merges data from both tables: historical days come from short_url_daily_stats, while today's data comes directly from short_url_visits — completely transparent to the dashboard.

Queue-Based Counter Fallback

When Redis is not available and counter buffering is enabled, the IncrementVisitJob is dispatched to the configured queue connection. This guarantees visit counts are not lost during cache evictions or restarts.

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Configuration Reference (.env)

You can also pre-configure all parameters via your .env file:

Environment Variable	Config Path	Default	Description
SHORT_URL_PREFIX	route_prefix	's'	URL prefix for short URL redirects.
SHORT_URL_GEO_IP	geo_ip.enabled	true	Globally enable/disable Geo-IP tracking.
SHORT_URL_GEO_IP_DRIVER	geo_ip.driver	'headers'	Geo-IP resolver driver (headers, maxmind, ip-api).
SHORT_URL_MAXMIND_DB	geo_ip.maxmind.database_path	storage_path('geoip/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb')	Path to local MaxMind db.
SHORT_URL_STATS_CACHE_TTL	geo_ip.stats_cache_ttl	300	Caching TTL in seconds for dashboard charts.
SHORT_URL_QUEUE	queue_connection	'sync'	Queue connection for recording visits.
SHORT_URL_CACHE_TTL	cache_ttl	3600	Redirection model caching TTL (set to 0 to disable).
GA4_API_SECRET	ga4.api_secret	null	Google Analytics 4 Measurement Protocol API Secret.
FIREBASE_APP_ID	ga4.firebase_app_id	null	Google Analytics 4 Firebase App ID (or uses Measurement ID).
SHORT_URL_COUNTER_BUFFERING	counter_buffering.enabled	false	Buffer click counts in cache (flushed via console command).
SHORT_URL_TRUST_CDN_HEADERS	trust_cdn_headers	false	Trust proxy/CDN headers to extract real client IP and country.
SHORT_URL_PRUNING_ENABLED	pruning.enabled	true	Enable daily aggregation and log pruning.
SHORT_URL_PRUNING_DAYS	pruning.retention_days	90	Number of days to retain raw visit logs.
SHORT_URL_RATE_LIMITING	rate_limiting.enabled	false	Enable per-IP redirect rate limiting.
SHORT_URL_RATE_LIMIT_MAX	rate_limiting.max_attempts	60	Max redirect requests within the decay window.
SHORT_URL_RATE_LIMIT_DECAY	rate_limiting.decay_seconds	60	Rate limiter rolling window in seconds.

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Artisan Commands

Command	Description
short-url:sync-counters	Flushes buffered visit counts from cache to the database. Schedule every minute when counter buffering is enabled.
short-url:aggregate-and-prune	Aggregates previous days' raw visits into short_url_daily_stats and prunes raw records older than the configured retention period. Schedule daily (e.g. at 02:00).

Automatic Scheduler Registration (v1.3.0)

As of version 1.3.0, you no longer need to manually copy scheduled commands into your host application code! The plugin automatically registers the required tasks inside its ServiceProvider booted phase, dynamically respecting your Settings GUI toggles:

• short-url:aggregate-and-prune is scheduled daily at 02:00 (runs automatically only if Enable Daily Aggregation is ON).
• short-url:sync-counters is scheduled every minute (runs automatically only if Buffer Visit Counts in Cache is ON).

If you prefer to configure the schedule manually, you can still define them in routes/console.php (ensure the corresponding toggles are turned OFF in your Settings panel to avoid redundant executions):

// routes/console.php

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schedule;

// Flush buffered click counts every minute (only if counter buffering is enabled)
Schedule::command('short-url:sync-counters')->everyMinute();

// Aggregate stats and prune old raw visits nightly
Schedule::command('short-url:aggregate-and-prune')->dailyAt('02:00');

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Programmatic Usage (Fluent Builder)

You can programmatically generate, customize, and trace short URLs anywhere in your code using the static destination builder on the ShortUrl model:

use Bjanczak\FilamentShortUrl\Models\ShortUrl;

$shortUrl = ShortUrl::destination('https://example.com/products/promo')
    ->urlKey('promo2026')   // Optional, auto-generated base62 key if omitted
    ->notes('Spring social promo')
    ->singleUse()           // Deactivates the link automatically after the first visit
    ->forwardQueryParams()  // Appends incoming URL query strings to destination
    ->expiresAt(now()->addDays(7)) // Automatic link expiration
    ->trackVisits(true)     // Enable or disable click logs
    ->withTracing([         // Dynamically filter and append UTM parameters
        'utm_source'   => 'linkedin',
        'utm_medium'   => 'social',
        'utm_campaign' => 'spring_sale',
        'utm_content'  => null, // skipped automatically
    ])
    ->create();

// Get the full URL string
echo $shortUrl->getShortUrl(); // https://yourdomain.com/s/promo2026

Fluent Builder API Reference

Method	Argument Type	Description
urlKey()	string	Sets a custom redirection key (slug).
notes()	string	Appends internal notes for administrators.
singleUse()	bool (default true)	Makes the short URL expire immediately after the first successful click.
forwardQueryParams()	bool (default true)	Forwards client-side incoming parameters (e.g. ?gclid=xxx) to the final target.
expiresAt()	DateTimeInterface|Carbon|null	Automatically sets an expiration timestamp after which the URL is inactive.
activatedAt()	DateTimeInterface|Carbon|null	Sets the timestamp from which the URL is active.
deactivatedAt()	DateTimeInterface|Carbon|null	Sets the timestamp after which the URL is inactive.
maxVisits()	int|null	Sets a custom limit of total visits allowed.
expirationRedirectUrl()	string|null	Sets a custom URL to redirect to when expired/inactive.
trackVisits()	bool (default true)	Toggles statistical logging for this link.
withTracing()	array	Appends non-empty tracking parameters (like UTM codes) directly to the target URL.
create()	ShortUrl	Persists the model to the database and returns the ShortUrl instance.

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Model Helpers & Service

ShortUrl Model Methods

• isActive(): bool — Checks if the short URL is enabled and within its activation/expiration timestamps.
• isExpired(): bool — Checks if the URL has passed its expiration date.
• getShortUrl(): string — Resolves the complete URL string.
• incrementVisits(bool $isUnique = false): void — Atomically increments visit counts (with Redis buffering or queue fallback).
• getCachedStats(): array — Returns cached key metrics for dashboard charts. Automatically merges daily aggregated stats with today's raw visits.
• resolveDestinationUrl(Request $request): string — Evaluates active targeting rules (device, geo, rotation) and returns the correct destination URL for the current visitor.

Injecting the Service

For standard creations, you can inject ShortUrlService:

use Bjanczak\FilamentShortUrl\Services\ShortUrlService;

$service = app(ShortUrlService::class);

$shortUrl = $service->create([
    'destination_url' => 'https://example.com',
    'track_visits'    => true,
]);

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Events

The package fires the ShortUrlVisited event inside the queue job. You can listen to it to trigger custom logic, Slack notifications, or syncing external CRMs:

use Bjanczak\FilamentShortUrl\Events\ShortUrlVisited;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Event;

Event::listen(ShortUrlVisited::class, function (ShortUrlVisited $event) {
    $event->shortUrl; // The ShortUrl model instance
    $event->visit;    // The ShortUrlVisit model (contains resolved IP, country, device, browser, OS, referrer)
});

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Visitor Filtering (Bot Detection)

Visits from scrapers, search bots, and web crawlers are automatically ignored to keep stats clean. The system matches user agents against a custom list (including Googlebot, Bingbot, Applebot, Facebook, Twitter, and generic curl/http request clients).

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Database Compatibility

All migrations are compatible with SQLite, MySQL, and PostgreSQL:

• No MySQL-specific ENUM types — device_type uses VARCHAR(20) validated at PHP level.
• No ->after() column ordering hints — fully cross-database.
• JSON columns work natively on MySQL 5.7.8+ and are stored as TEXT on SQLite.

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Changelog

v1.4.0 (Latest)

• Validity Date Ranges (From-To) — Set activation dates (activated_at and expires_at) to control exactly when a short link is active.
• Custom Visit Limit Counters — Define a custom maximum visit limit (max_visits) after which a link automatically expires (e.g., active for 3 hits).
• Custom Expiration Fallbacks — Redirect expired/inactive visitors to a custom expiration_redirect_url rather than showing a static 410 Gone error page.
• Reactive Validity Controls — Master switch to toggle date limits, including bidirectional datetime picker constraints (Active From cannot exceed Expires At and vice versa) and custom UI field visibility.
• Smart Model Observers — Automatic cleanup of unused parameters (like clearing max_visits if single_use is enabled, and clearing expiration fallbacks if date limits are off) to guarantee database consistency.
• Fluent Builder APIs — Fluent method additions (activatedAt(), deactivatedAt(), maxVisits(), expirationRedirectUrl()) in the developer query builder.

v1.3.0

• Automatic Scheduler Registration — Zero-configuration task registration within the ServiceProvider booted phase (dynamically honors Settings toggles).
• Interactive Settings Validators — Adds real-time "Test connection" verify action for GA4 Measurement Protocol and "Verify file" action for MaxMind database paths.
• Robust Table Row Copy Action — High-reliability, conflict-free click-to-copy in table rows with built-in fallback helper for non-HTTPS (secure context) browser environments.
• Filament v5 Notification API — Seamless integration of the new FilamentNotification class API inside client-side JS.
• Asset Compilation Guide — Explains Tailwind CLI CSS compilation and Filament asset publishing workflows for package extensions.

v1.2.0

• Password-protected links — Session-based unlock flow with a styled prompt page.
• Redirect warning pages — Interstitial security screen before external redirects.
• Smart targeting — Device-based, Country/Geo-based, and A/B weighted rotation rules per link.
• Rate limiting — Configurable per-IP redirect throttling with 429 responses.
• Daily stats aggregation — Nightly short-url:aggregate-and-prune command for scalable log management.
• Counter buffering fallback — IncrementVisitJob as queue-based fallback when Redis is unavailable.
• Database compatibility — Replaced ENUM with VARCHAR, removed MySQL-only ->after() calls.
• Extended Settings GUI — New "Performance & Security" tab for aggregation and rate limiting configuration.
• Polish translations — Full pl locale support for all new features.

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License

MIT