Scribe docs not showing after deployment on Laravel Cloud

[BehroozBvk]

Scribe version

5.2.1

Your question

Hi,
I'm using Scribe v5, and everything works perfectly in my local environment.
However, when I deploy the project to Laravel Cloud, the generated documentation is empty (the docs page is blank).

I’ve added the following command to the Deploy Commands section so that it runs automatically after each deployment:

According to the deployment logs, the command runs successfully without any errors.
But when I visit the docs URL, the page is empty and nothing is displayed.

Interestingly, when I manually run the same command the documentation is generated and displayed correctly:

Question:
Is there a reason why scribe:generate doesn't produce the expected output during the deploy phase on Laravel Cloud?
Do I need to configure anything related to the .scribe folder or permissions?

Scribe config:

<?php

use Knuckles\Scribe\Extracting\Strategies;
use Knuckles\Scribe\Config\Defaults;
use Knuckles\Scribe\Config\AuthIn;
use function Knuckles\Scribe\Config\{removeStrategies, configureStrategy};

// Only the most common configs are shown. See the https://scribe.knuckles.wtf/laravel/reference/config for all.

return [
    // The HTML <title> for the generated documentation.
    'title' => str(config('app.name'))->headline() . ' API Documentation',

    // A short description of your API. Will be included in the docs webpage, Postman collection and OpenAPI spec.
    'description' => 'This is the API documentation for ' . str(config('app.name'))->headline() . '. It provides detailed information about the endpoints, request parameters, and response formats.',

    // The base URL displayed in the docs.
    // If you're using `laravel` type, you can set this to a dynamic string, like '{{ config("app.tenant_url") }}' to get a dynamic base URL.
    'base_url' => config("app.domain_api"),

    // Routes to include in the docs
    'routes' => [
        [
            'match' => [
                // Match ofnly routes whose paths match this pattern (use * as a wildcard to match any characters). Example: 'users/*'.
                'prefixes' => ['api/*'],

                // Match only routes whose domains match this pattern (use * as a wildcard to match any characters). Example: 'api.*'.
                'domains' => ['*'],
            ],

            // Include these routes even if they did not match the rules above.
            'include' => [
                // 'users.index', 'POST /new', '/auth/*'
            ],

            // Exclude these routes even if they matched the rules above.
            'exclude' => [
                // 'GET /health', 'admin.*'
            ],
        ],
    ],

    // The type of documentation output to generate.
    // - "static" will generate a static HTMl page in the /public/docs folder,
    // - "laravel" will generate the documentation as a Blade view, so you can add routing and authentication.
    // - "external_static" and "external_laravel" do the same as above, but pass the OpenAPI spec as a URL to an external UI template
    'type' => 'external_laravel',

    // See https://scribe.knuckles.wtf/laravel/reference/config#theme for supported options
    'theme' => 'scalar',

    'static' => [
        // HTML documentation, assets and Postman collection will be generated to this folder.
        // Source Markdown will still be in resources/docs.
        'output_path' => 'public/docs',
    ],

    'laravel' => [
        // Whether to automatically create a docs route for you to view your generated docs. You can still set up routing manually.
        'add_routes' => true,

        // URL path to use for the docs endpoint (if `add_routes` is true).
        // By default, `/docs` opens the HTML page, `/docs.postman` opens the Postman collection, and `/docs.openapi` the OpenAPI spec.
        'docs_url' => 'dev/docs',

        // Directory within `public` in which to store CSS and JS assets.
        // By default, assets are stored in `public/vendor/scribe`.
        // If set, assets will be stored in `public/{{assets_directory}}`
        'assets_directory' => null,

        // Middleware to attach to the docs endpoint (if `add_routes` is true).
        'middleware' => [],
    ],

    'external' => [
        'html_attributes' => []
    ],

    'try_it_out' => [
        // Add a Try It Out button to your endpoints so consumers can test endpoints right from their browser.
        // Don't forget to enable CORS headers for your endpoints.
        'enabled' => true,

        // The base URL to use in the API tester. Leave as null to be the same as the displayed URL (`scribe.base_url`).
        'base_url' => null,

        // [Laravel Sanctum] Fetch a CSRF token before each request, and add it as an X-XSRF-TOKEN header.
        'use_csrf' => false,

        // The URL to fetch the CSRF token from (if `use_csrf` is true).
        'csrf_url' => '/sanctum/csrf-cookie',
    ],

    // How is your API authenticated? This information will be used in the displayed docs, generated examples and response calls.
    'auth' => [
        // Set this to true if ANY endpoints in your API use authentication.
        'enabled' => true,

        // Set this to true if your API should be authenticated by default. If so, you must also set `enabled` (above) to true.
        // You can then use @unauthenticated or @authenticated on individual endpoints to change their status from the default.
        'default' => false,

        // Where is the auth value meant to be sent in a request?
        'in' => AuthIn::BEARER->value,

        // The name of the auth parameter (e.g. token, key, apiKey) or header (e.g. Authorization, Api-Key).
        'name' => 'key',

        // The value of the parameter to be used by Scribe to authenticate response calls.
        // This will NOT be included in the generated documentation. If empty, Scribe will use a random value.
        'use_value' => env('SCRIBE_AUTH_KEY'),

        // Placeholder your users will see for the auth parameter in the example requests.
        // Set this to null if you want Scribe to use a random value as placeholder instead.
        'placeholder' => '{YOUR_AUTH_KEY}',

        // Any extra authentication-related info for your users. Markdown and HTML are supported.
        'extra_info' => 'You can retrieve your token by visiting your dashboard and clicking <b>Generate API token</b>.',
    ],

    // Text to place in the "Introduction" section, right after the `description`. Markdown and HTML are supported.
    'intro_text' => <<<INTRO
        This documentation aims to provide all the information you need to work with our API.

        <aside>As you scroll, you'll see code examples for working with the API in different programming languages in the dark area to the right (or as part of the content on mobile).
        You can switch the language used with the tabs at the top right (or from the nav menu at the top left on mobile).</aside>
    INTRO,

    // Example requests for each endpoint will be shown in each of these languages.
    // Supported options are: bash, javascript, php, python
    // To add a language of your own, see https://scribe.knuckles.wtf/laravel/advanced/example-requests
    // Note: does not work for `external` docs types
    'example_languages' => [
        'bash',
        'javascript',
    ],

    // Generate a Postman collection (v2.1.0) in addition to HTML docs.
    // For 'static' docs, the collection will be generated to public/docs/collection.json.
    // For 'laravel' docs, it will be generated to storage/app/scribe/collection.json.
    // Setting `laravel.add_routes` to true (above) will also add a route for the collection.
    'postman' => [
        'enabled' => true,

        'overrides' => [
            // 'info.version' => '2.0.0',
        ],
    ],

    // Generate an OpenAPI spec (v3.0.1) in addition to docs webpage.
    // For 'static' docs, the collection will be generated to public/docs/openapi.yaml.
    // For 'laravel' docs, it will be generated to storage/app/scribe/openapi.yaml.
    // Setting `laravel.add_routes` to true (above) will also add a route for the spec.
    'openapi' => [
        'enabled' => true,

        'overrides' => [
            // 'info.version' => '2.0.0',
        ],

        // Additional generators to use when generating the OpenAPI spec.
        // Should extend `Knuckles\Scribe\Writing\OpenApiSpecGenerators\OpenApiGenerator`.
        'generators' => [],
    ],

    'groups' => [
        // Endpoints which don't have a @group will be placed in this default group.
        'default' => 'Endpoints',

        // By default, Scribe will sort groups alphabetically, and endpoints in the order their routes are defined.
        // You can override this by listing the groups, subgroups and endpoints here in the order you want them.
        // See https://scribe.knuckles.wtf/blog/laravel-v4#easier-sorting and https://scribe.knuckles.wtf/laravel/reference/config#order for details
        // Note: does not work for `external` docs types
        'order' => [],
    ],

    // Custom logo path. This will be used as the value of the src attribute for the <img> tag,
    // so make sure it points to an accessible URL or path. Set to false to not use a logo.
    // For example, if your logo is in public/img:
    // - 'logo' => '../img/logo.png' // for `static` type (output folder is public/docs)
    // - 'logo' => 'img/logo.png' // for `laravel` type
    'logo' => false,

    // Customize the "Last updated" value displayed in the docs by specifying tokens and formats.
    // Examples:
    // - {date:F j Y} => March 28, 2022
    // - {git:short} => Short hash of the last Git commit
    // Available tokens are `{date:<format>}` and `{git:<format>}`.
    // The format you pass to `date` will be passed to PHP's `date()` function.
    // The format you pass to `git` can be either "short" or "long".
    // Note: does not work for `external` docs types
    'last_updated' => 'Last updated: {date:F j, Y}',

    'examples' => [
        // Set this to any number to generate the same example values for parameters on each run,
        'faker_seed' => 1234,

        // With API resources and transformers, Scribe tries to generate example models to use in your API responses.
        // By default, Scribe will try the model's factory, and if that fails, try fetching the first from the database.
        // You can reorder or remove strategies here.
        'models_source' => ['databaseFirst', 'factoryMake', 'factoryCreate'],
    ],

    // The strategies Scribe will use to extract information about your routes at each stage.
    // Use configureStrategy() to specify settings for a strategy in the list.
    // Use removeStrategies() to remove an included strategy.
    'strategies' => [
        'metadata' => [
            ...Defaults::METADATA_STRATEGIES,
        ],
        'headers' => [
            ...Defaults::HEADERS_STRATEGIES,
            Strategies\StaticData::withSettings(data: [
                'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
                'Accept' => 'application/json',
            ]),
        ],
        'urlParameters' => [
            ...Defaults::URL_PARAMETERS_STRATEGIES,
        ],
        'queryParameters' => [
            ...Defaults::QUERY_PARAMETERS_STRATEGIES,
        ],
        'bodyParameters' => [
            ...Defaults::BODY_PARAMETERS_STRATEGIES,
        ],
        'responses' => configureStrategy(
            Defaults::RESPONSES_STRATEGIES,
            Strategies\Responses\ResponseCalls::withSettings(
                only: ['GET *'],
                // Recommended: disable debug mode in response calls to avoid error stack traces in responses
                config: [
                    'app.debug' => false,
                ],
            ),
        ),
        'responseFields' => [
            ...Defaults::RESPONSE_FIELDS_STRATEGIES,
        ]
    ],

    // For response calls, API resource responses and transformer responses,
    // Scribe will try to start database transactions, so no changes are persisted to your database.
    // Tell Scribe which connections should be transacted here. If you only use one db connection, you can leave this as is.
    'database_connections_to_transact' => [config('database.default')],

    'fractal' => [
        // If you are using a custom serializer with league/fractal, you can specify it here.
        'serializer' => null,
    ],
];

Environment:

Laravel: 12.20
Scribe: ^5.0

Hosting: Laravel Cloud

Thanks in advance for your help 🙏

Docs

• I've checked the docs, the troubleshooting guide, and existing issues, but I didn't find a solution

[shalvah]

Sorry about that! I'm unfamiliar with Laravel Cloud. Can you try to intvestigate the file system and see what files are created in both cases (auto vs manual)? Also, the docs page is empty? = no content in the raw HTML? Status code 200, but no data?

[BehroozBvk]

Sorry about that! I'm unfamiliar with Laravel Cloud. Can you try to intvestigate the file system and see what files are created in both cases (auto vs manual)? Also, the docs page is empty? = no content in the raw HTML? Status code 200, but no data?

I understand the problem is because Laravel Cloud creates data on a temporary container during the build and then deletes it immediately. And so if the files are not part of the commit git they will be deleted.

But the suggested solution is to use afterGenerating hook by aws-s3 to upload the files after production which uploads well but the problem is that the local storage driver is still used for display not s3 because of this the page is blank.

[shalvah]

You're referring to these routes? https://github.com/knuckleswtf/scribe/blob/92c128171cacd868466081473738e9891e9a08f1/routes/laravel.php

How about you add your own routes? You can set add_routes to false, then copy and paste these into your app.