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Laravel Restify has a few requirements you should be aware of before installing:
composer require binaryk/laravel-restify
After the instalation, the package requires a setup process, this will publish configuration, provider and will create the
app/Restify directory with an abstract Repository and scaffolding a User repository you can play with:
```shell script php artisan restify:setup
:::tip Package Stability
If you are not able to install Restify into your application because of your `minimum-stability` setting,
consider setting your `minimum-stability` option to `dev` and your `prefer-stable` option to `true`.
This will allow you to install Laravel Restify while still preferring stable package
releases for your application.
:::
## Quick start
Having the package setup and users table migrated, you should be good to perform the first API request:
```http request
GET: /restify-api/users?perPage=10
This should return the users list paginated and formatted according to JSON:API standard.
Creating a new repository can be done via restify command:
```shell script php artisan restify:repository Post
If you want to generate the Policy, Model and migration as well, then you can use the `--all` option:
```shell script
php artisan restify:repository Post --all
Since the authorization is done through the Laravel Policies, a good way of generating a complete policy for an entity is by using the restify command:
shell script
php artisan restify:policy Post