Laravel Cep

A simple and efficient Laravel package for querying Brazilian postal codes (CEP). This package provides an easy way to retrieve address information from Brazilian ZIP codes through multiple API providers with database storage.

Features

• 🚀 Multiple API providers (BrasilAPI, ViaCEP, AwesomeAPI)
• 💾 Database storage for queried CEPs
• 🎯 CEP validation and formatting
• 🇧🇷 Complete Brazilian states support

Installation

You can install the package via composer:

composer require jeffersongoncalves/laravel-cep

Publish and run the migration file:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=cep-migrations
php artisan migrate

Usage

Basic Usage

use JeffersonGoncalves\Cep\Models\Cep;

// Find CEP information
$cepData = Cep::findByCep('01310-100');
// Returns:
// [
//     'cep' => '01310100',
//     'state' => 'SP',
//     'city' => 'São Paulo',
//     'neighborhood' => 'Bela Vista',
//     'street' => 'Avenida Paulista'
// ]

// Check if CEP exists
$exists = Cep::checkCep('01310-100'); // Returns true/false

Available Methods

findByCep(string $cep): array

Retrieves complete address information for a given CEP. The method automatically:

• Formats and validates the CEP
• Checks the local database first
• Queries external APIs if not found locally
• Stores the result in database for future use

$result = Cep::findByCep('12345-678');

checkCep(string $cep): bool

Validates if a CEP exists and returns a boolean value.

$isValid = Cep::checkCep('12345-678');

API Providers

The package uses multiple API providers in the following order:

1. BrasilAPI - Primary provider
2. ViaCEP - Fallback provider
3. AwesomeAPI - Secondary fallback

Database Structure

The package creates a cep table with the following structure:

• cep (string, 8 chars) - Primary key
• state (enum) - Brazilian state abbreviation
• city (string) - City name
• neighborhood (string) - Neighborhood name
• street (string) - Street name
• timestamps - Created and updated timestamps

SSL Certificate Configuration (cacert.pem)

This package makes HTTPS requests to external APIs (BrasilAPI, ViaCEP, and AwesomeAPI) to retrieve CEP information. If you encounter SSL certificate errors, you may need to configure PHP to use a proper CA certificate bundle.

What is cacert.pem?

The cacert.pem file is a bundle of Certificate Authority (CA) certificates that PHP uses to verify SSL/TLS connections. Without proper CA certificates, PHP cannot verify the authenticity of HTTPS connections, leading to SSL errors.

Common SSL Errors

You might encounter errors like:

• cURL error 60: SSL certificate problem: unable to get local issuer certificate
• SSL certificate verification failed
• Connection timeouts when making API requests

How to Configure cacert.pem

Step 1: Download cacert.pem

Download the latest CA certificate bundle from the official cURL website:

# Download the latest cacert.pem file
curl -o cacert.pem https://curl.se/ca/cacert.pem

Or download it manually from: https://curl.se/ca/cacert.pem

Step 2: Place the File

Place the cacert.pem file in a secure location on your server, for example:

• Windows: C:\php\extras\ssl\cacert.pem
• Linux/macOS: /etc/ssl/certs/cacert.pem or /usr/local/etc/ssl/cacert.pem

Step 3: Configure PHP

Edit your php.ini file and add/update the following lines:

; Enable SSL certificate verification
openssl.cafile = "C:\php\extras\ssl\cacert.pem"  ; Windows path
; openssl.cafile = "/etc/ssl/certs/cacert.pem"   ; Linux/macOS path

; For cURL specifically
curl.cainfo = "C:\php\extras\ssl\cacert.pem"     ; Windows path
; curl.cainfo = "/etc/ssl/certs/cacert.pem"      ; Linux/macOS path

Step 4: Restart Web Server

After modifying php.ini, restart your web server (Apache, Nginx, etc.) or PHP-FPM service.

Verification

To verify that SSL certificates are working correctly, you can test the configuration:

// Test SSL connection
$response = file_get_contents('https://brasilapi.com.br/api/cep/v1/01310100');
if ($response !== false) {
    echo "SSL configuration is working correctly!";
} else {
    echo "SSL configuration needs attention.";
}

Alternative Solutions

If you cannot modify php.ini, you can also:

1. Set environment variable (not recommended for production):

   export SSL_CERT_FILE=/path/to/cacert.pem
   

2. Use Laravel HTTP client options in your application:

   Http::withOptions([
       'verify' => '/path/to/cacert.pem'
   ])->get('https://api.example.com');
   

Note: Disabling SSL verification ('verify' => false) is strongly discouraged as it makes your application vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks.

Testing

composer test

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information on what has changed recently.

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

Security Vulnerabilities

Please review our security policy on how to report security vulnerabilities.

Credits

• Jèfferson Gonçalves
• All Contributors

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.