Laravel + Spatie Backup controller & views to see and manage DB backup files in the browser

BackupController.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Alert;
use App\Http\Requests;
use Artisan;
use Log;
use Storage;

class BackupController extends Controller
{
    public function index()
    {
        $disk = Storage::disk(config('laravel-backup.backup.destination.disks')[0]);

        $files = $disk->files(config('laravel-backup.backup.name'));
        $backups = [];
        // make an array of backup files, with their filesize and creation date
        foreach ($files as $k => $f) {
            // only take the zip files into account
            if (substr($f, -4) == '.zip' && $disk->exists($f)) {
                $backups[] = [
                    'file_path' => $f,
                    'file_name' => str_replace(config('laravel-backup.backup.name') . '/', '', $f),
                    'file_size' => $disk->size($f),
                    'last_modified' => $disk->lastModified($f),
                ];
            }
        }
        // reverse the backups, so the newest one would be on top
        $backups = array_reverse($backups);

        return view("backup.backups")->with(compact('backups'));
    }

    public function create()
    {
        try {
            // start the backup process
            Artisan::call('backup:run');
            $output = Artisan::output();
            // log the results
            Log::info("Backpack\BackupManager -- new backup started from admin interface \r\n" . $output);
            // return the results as a response to the ajax call
            Alert::success('New backup created');
            return redirect()->back();
        } catch (Exception $e) {
            Flash::error($e->getMessage());
            return redirect()->back();
        }
    }

    /**
     * Downloads a backup zip file.
     *
     * TODO: make it work no matter the flysystem driver (S3 Bucket, etc).
     */
    public function download($file_name)
    {
        $file = config('laravel-backup.backup.name') . '/' . $file_name;
        $disk = Storage::disk(config('laravel-backup.backup.destination.disks')[0]);
        if ($disk->exists($file)) {
            $fs = Storage::disk(config('laravel-backup.backup.destination.disks')[0])->getDriver();
            $stream = $fs->readStream($file);

            return \Response::stream(function () use ($stream) {
                fpassthru($stream);
            }, 200, [
                "Content-Type" => $fs->getMimetype($file),
                "Content-Length" => $fs->getSize($file),
                "Content-disposition" => "attachment; filename=\"" . basename($file) . "\"",
            ]);
        } else {
            abort(404, "The backup file doesn't exist.");
        }
    }

    /**
     * Deletes a backup file.
     */
    public function delete($file_name)
    {
        $disk = Storage::disk(config('laravel-backup.backup.destination.disks')[0]);
        if ($disk->exists(config('laravel-backup.backup.name') . '/' . $file_name)) {
            $disk->delete(config('laravel-backup.backup.name') . '/' . $file_name);
            return redirect()->back();
        } else {
            abort(404, "The backup file doesn't exist.");
        }
    }
}

backups.blade.php

@extends('layouts.default')

@section('content')
    <h3>Administer Database Backups</h3>
    <div class="row">
        <div class="col-xs-12 clearfix">
            <a id="create-new-backup-button" href="{{ url('backup/create') }}" class="btn btn-primary pull-right"
               style="margin-bottom:2em;"><i
                    class="fa fa-plus"></i> Create New Backup
            </a>
        </div>
        <div class="col-xs-12">
            @if (count($backups))

                <table class="table table-striped table-bordered">
                    <thead>
                    <tr>
                        <th>File</th>
                        <th>Size</th>
                        <th>Date</th>
                        <th>Age</th>
                        <th></th>
                    </tr>
                    </thead>
                    <tbody>
                    @foreach($backups as $backup)
                        <tr>
                            <td>{{ $backup['file_name'] }}</td>
                            <td>{{ humanFilesize($backup['file_size']) }}</td>
                            <td>
                                {{ formatTimeStamp($backup['last_modified'], 'F jS, Y, g:ia (T)') }}
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                {{ diffTimeStamp($backup['last_modified']) }}
                            </td>
                            <td class="text-right">
                                <a class="btn btn-xs btn-default"
                                   href="{{ url('backup/download/'.$backup['file_name']) }}"><i
                                        class="fa fa-cloud-download"></i> Download</a>
                                <a class="btn btn-xs btn-danger" data-button-type="delete"
                                   href="{{ url('backup/delete/'.$backup['file_name']) }}"><i class="fa fa-trash-o"></i>
                                    Delete</a>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                    @endforeach
                    </tbody>
                </table>
            @else
                <div class="well">
                    <h4>There are no backups</h4>
                </div>
            @endif
        </div>
    </div>
@endsection

routes

        // Backup routes
        Route::get('backup', 'BackupController@index');
        Route::get('backup/create', 'BackupController@create');
        Route::get('backup/download/{file_name}', 'BackupController@download');
        Route::get('backup/delete/{file_name}', 'BackupController@delete');