Answers for "what is laravel passport"

install laravel passport

1 - composer require laravel/passport
2 - php artisan migrate
3 - php artisan passport:install
4 - go to user model
  <?php

namespace App\Models;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User as Authenticatable;
use Illuminate\Notifications\Notifiable;
use Laravel\Passport\HasApiTokens;

class User extends Authenticatable
{
    use HasApiTokens, HasFactory, Notifiable;
}
?>  
  
5 - go to App\Providers\AuthServiceProvider
  <?php

namespace App\Providers;

use Illuminate\Foundation\Support\Providers\AuthServiceProvider as ServiceProvider;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Gate;
use Laravel\Passport\Passport;

class AuthServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
{
    /**
     * The policy mappings for the application.
     *
     * @var array
     */
    protected $policies = [
        'App\Models\Model' => 'App\Policies\ModelPolicy',
    ];

    /**
     * Register any authentication / authorization services.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function boot()
    {
        $this->registerPolicies();

        if (! $this->app->routesAreCached()) {
            Passport::routes();
        }
    }
}  
  ?>
 
7 - go to config/auth.php
    'guards' => [
    'web' => [
        'driver' => 'session',
        'provider' => 'users',
    ],

    'api' => [
        'driver' => 'passport',
        'provider' => 'users',
    ],
],

laravel passport

php artisan passport:install

laravel passport client

for get client key in laravel passport run this command : 
php artisan passport:client --personal

laravel token authentication

# Database Preparation
// add api_token to users table
Schema::table('users', function ($table) {
    $table->string('api_token', 80)->after('password')
                        ->unique()
                        ->nullable()
                        ->default(null);
});

// Create token for existing users, code can also be added to registerController
    $token = Str::random(60);
    $user = User::find(1);
    $user->api_token = hash('sha256', $token); // <- This will be used in client access
    $user->save();



//config/auth.php
    'guards' => [
        'web' => [
            'driver' => 'session',
            'provider' => 'users',
        ],

        'api' => [
            'driver' => 'token', // <- Add this entry
            'provider' => 'users',
            'hash' => false,
        ],
    ],

          
          
//routes/api.php
    // Add "middleware('auth:api')" as below        
	Route::middleware('auth:api')->get('/user', function (Request $request) {
        return $request->user();
    });          



//client access example (in Vue js)

axios.get('http://example.com/api/user', 
          {
  headers: { 
    'Accept': 'application/json', 
    'Authorization': 'Bearer '+ 'user-api-token'
  }
}
         )
  .then(function (response) {
  // handle success
  console.log(response);
})
  .catch(function (error) {
  // handle error
  console.log(error);
})