Laravel 5: Overwriting/combining package configs with defaults - php

Question

I am creating a package which uses API calls which I need to protect with auth middleware. I am looking at using Laravel Passport to accomplish this.
I am developing this as a package, ergo, I want to keep everything as unobtrusive as possible from the primary Laravel installation.
The issue I'm facing is in setting the relevant configuration files. Namely, in config/auth.php I need to set
'guards' => [
'web' => [
'driver' => 'session',
'provider' => 'users',
],
'api' => [
'driver' => 'passport', // change "token" -> "passport"
'provider' => 'users',
],
],
Now, how can I do this in a way that will only apply to my package?
Thanks.

Answer 1

If you want your package to use a different set of configurations, independent of what the installation might have defined, you could temporarily change the configuration before making your calls. In this case I'd wrap it up in a reusable class method:
use Config;
class ApiCalls {
public static function usingPackageConfig(callable $callback)
{
// Fetch original config.
$originalDriver = Config::get('auth.api.driver');
// Set custom config.
Config::set('auth.api.driver', 'passport');
// Execute callback with custom config.
$result = $callback();
// Reset config.
Config::set('auth.api.driver', $originalDriver);
return $result;
}
}
You could then call it like this:
ApiCalls::usingPackageConfig(function() {
// Make your Passport call here and it will use your package's configuration.
});