JWT Authentication and APIs

Author: csinghdev

app/Http/Controllers/AuthController.php

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Http\Controllers;
+
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+
+class AuthController extends Controller
+{
+    public function __construct()
+    {
+        $this->middleware('auth:api', ['except' => ['login']]);
+    }
+
+    public function login() {
+        $credentials = request(['email', 'password']);
+
+        if (! $token = auth()->attempt($credentials)) {
+            return response()->json(['error' => 'Invalid email or password'], 401);
+        }
+
+        return $this->respondWithToken($token);
+    }
+
+    private function respondWithToken($token) {
+        return response()->json([
+            'token' => $token,
+            'access_type' => 'bearer',
+            'expires_in' => auth()->factory()->getTTL() * 60
+        ]);
+    }
+
+
+    public function logout() {
+        auth()->logout();
+        return response()->json(['msg' => 'User successfully logged out']);
+    }
+
+
+    public function refresh() {
+        return $this->respondWithToken(auth()->refresh());
+    }
+
+    public function me() {
+        return response()->json(auth()->user());
+    }
+}

app/User.php

@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\MustVerifyEmail;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User as Authenticatable;
 use Illuminate\Notifications\Notifiable;
+use Tymon\JWTAuth\Contracts\JWTSubject;
 
-class User extends Authenticatable
+class User extends Authenticatable implements JWTSubject
 {
     use Notifiable;
 
@@ -36,4 +37,20 @@ class User extends Authenticatable
     protected $casts = [
         'email_verified_at' => 'datetime',
     ];
+
+    /**
+     * @inheritDoc
+     */
+    public function getJWTIdentifier()
+    {
+        return $this->getKey();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @inheritDoc
+     */
+    public function getJWTCustomClaims()
+    {
+        return [];
+    }
 }

composer.json

@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
         "fruitcake/laravel-cors": "^1.0",
         "guzzlehttp/guzzle": "^6.3",
         "laravel/framework": "^7.0",
-        "laravel/tinker": "^2.0"
+        "laravel/tinker": "^2.0",
+        "tymon/jwt-auth": "^1.0"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "facade/ignition": "^2.0",