laravel token authentication

1//get Authorization Bearer Token value
2$token = $request->bearerToken();

1<?php
2
3namespace App\Http\Controllers;
4
5
6use Illuminate\Http\Request;
7use App\User;
8
9class AuthController extends Controller
10{
11    public $loginAfterSignUp = true;
12
13    public function register(Request $request)
14    {
15      $user = User::create([
16        'name' => $request->name,
17        'email' => $request->email,
18        'password' => bcrypt($request->password),
19      ]);
20
21      $token = auth()->login($user);
22
23      return $this->respondWithToken($token);
24    }
25
26    public function login(Request $request)
27    {
28      $credentials = $request->only(['email', 'password']);
29
30      if (!$token = auth()->attempt($credentials)) {
31        return response()->json(['error' => 'Unauthorized'], 401);
32      }
33
34      return $this->respondWithToken($token);
35    }
36    public function getAuthUser(Request $request)
37    {
38        return response()->json(auth()->user());
39    }
40    public function logout()
41    {
42        auth()->logout();
43        return response()->json(['message'=>'Successfully logged out']);
44    }
45    protected function respondWithToken($token)
46    {
47      return response()->json([
48        'access_token' => $token,
49        'token_type' => 'bearer',
50        'expires_in' => auth()->factory()->getTTL() * 60
51      ]);
52    }
53
54}
55
56

1# Database Preparation
2// add api_token to users table
3Schema::table('users', function ($table) {
4    $table->string('api_token', 80)->after('password')
5                        ->unique()
6                        ->nullable()
7                        ->default(null);
8});
9
10// Create token for existing users, code can also be added to registerController
11    $token = Str::random(60);
12    $user = User::find(1);
13    $user->api_token = hash('sha256', $token); // <- This will be used in client access
14    $user->save();
15
16
17
18//config/auth.php
19    'guards' => [
20        'web' => [
21            'driver' => 'session',
22            'provider' => 'users',
23        ],
24
25        'api' => [
26            'driver' => 'token', // <- Add this entry
27            'provider' => 'users',
28            'hash' => false,
29        ],
30    ],
31
32          
33          
34//routes/api.php
35    // Add "middleware('auth:api')" as below        
36	Route::middleware('auth:api')->get('/user', function (Request $request) {
37        return $request->user();
38    });          
39
40
41
42//client access example (in Vue js)
43
44axios.get('http://example.com/api/user', 
45          {
46  headers: { 
47    'Accept': 'application/json', 
48    'Authorization': 'Bearer '+ 'user-api-token'
49  }
50}
51         )
52  .then(function (response) {
53  // handle success
54  console.log(response);
55})
56  .catch(function (error) {
57  // handle error
58  console.log(error);
59})
60
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