Laravel Pdfdrive

Your PDFDrive needs a reliable engine. Laravel offers several excellent packages. Here are the top three:

Perfect for SaaS apps where users shouldn’t access each other’s PDFs:

$url = Storage::disk('pdfs')->temporaryUrlFromView(
    'pdfs.contract',
    $user->contractData,
    "contracts/$user->id/agreement.pdf",
    now()->addDay()
);
return response()->json(['download_url' => $url]);

Inside boot() method:

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
use Barryvdh\DomPDF\Facade\Pdf;
Storage::extend('pdfdrive', function ($app, $config) 
return new \App\Filesystems\PDFDriveDriver(
$app['filesystem']->disk($config['storage_disk'] ?? 'local'),
$config
);
);

Here's how to expose your PDFDrive to users.

To manage PDFs like a drive, you need a robust table. Here's a migration example:

Schema::create('pdf_documents', function (Blueprint $table) 
    $table->id();
    $table->foreignId('user_id')->constrained();
    $table->string('title');
    $table->string('filename');
    $table->string('disk')->default('local'); // local, s3, google_drive, dropbox
    $table->string('path');
    $table->string('mime_type')->default('application/pdf');
    $table->unsignedBigInteger('size')->nullable(); // in bytes
    $table->json('metadata')->nullable(); // Store custom data like invoice_id, report_date
    $table->string('share_token')->unique()->nullable(); // for public access
    $table->timestamp('expires_at')->nullable(); // for expiring links
    $table->timestamps();
    $table->softDeletes(); // enable trash feature
$table->index(['user_id', 'created_at']);
$table->index('share_token');

);

Create a corresponding Eloquent model:

class PDFDocument extends Model
use SoftDeletes;
protected $fillable = ['title', 'filename', 'disk', 'path', 'size', 'metadata', 'share_token', 'expires_at'];
protected $casts = ['metadata' => 'array', 'expires_at' => 'datetime'];
public function user()
return $this->belongsTo(User::class);
public function getUrlAttribute(): string
return Storage::disk($this->disk)->url($this->path);
public function getTemporaryUrl($expiresInMinutes = 15): string
return Storage::disk($this->disk)->temporaryUrl($this->path, now()->addMinutes($expiresInMinutes));