These are my notes following this tutorial to create a Laravel API Application with JWT token authentication.

Create App called api10.

cd ~/Desktop/local-laravel/docker/api10
Open file .env
Change TO:

DB_CONNECTION=sqlite

# YOU WILL NEED sqlite for php
$ sudo apt install php-sqlite3 package

OPEN config/database.php and CHANGE TO:

'default' => env('DB_CONNECTION', 'sqlite'),

create sqlite db file
$ touch database/database.sqlite

ALTERNATIVE< YOU CAN ADD THE FOLLOWING TO .env:

DB_DATABASE=/absolute/path/to/database.sqlite

$ php artisan migrate

config/auth.php

CHANGE TO: 'guard' => 'api',

routes/api.php change to:

middleware('auth')->get

// popular laravel package for web tokens
https://jwt-auth.readthedocs.io/en/develop/


INSTALL JWT-AUTH
$ composer require tymon/jwt-auth

after it completes, publish the config file open routes/api.php
APPEND:

##################################################################
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash;

// create a user route
Route::get('/user-create',function (Request $request) {
    App\Models\User::create([
        'name' => 'cooldude',
        'email' => '[email protected]',
        'password' => Hash::make('password')
    ]); 
});
##################################################################

CREATE THE USER USING POSTMAN OR INSOMNIA:
http://localhost/api/user-create

go to you database editor and check the user was created

install JWT-auth
$ php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Tymon\JWTAuth\Providers\LaravelServiceProvider"

OUTPUT:

Copied File [/vendor/tymon/jwt-auth/config/config.php] To [/config/jwt.php]
Publishing complete.

OPEN:
config/jwt.php

CREATE A JWT SECRET
$ php artisan jwt:secret
OUTPUT: jwt-auth secret [TOKEN] set successfully.

http://localhost/api/login

open routes/api.php
APPEND:

##################################################################
// login a user
Route::post('/login',function () {
    $credentials = request() -> only('email', 'password');
    $token = auth()->attempt($credentials);
    return $token;
});
##################################################################


OPen config/auth.php
CHANGE:

##################################################################
        'api' => [
            'driver' => 'jwt',
##################################################################


OPEN app/Models/User.php

$ code app/Models/User.php


ADD:

use Tymon\JWTAuth\Contracts\JWTSubject;

CHANGE:
class User extends Authenticatable implements JWTSubject

APPEND TO CLASS AT THE BOTTOM:

reference: https://jwt-auth.readthedocs.io/en/develop/quick-start/


    public function getJWTIdentifier()
    {
        return $this->getKey();
    }

    /**
     * Return a key value array, containing any custom claims to be added to the JWT.
     *
     * @return array
     */
    public function getJWTCustomClaims()
    {
        return [];
    }
open in INSOMNIA

CREATE NEW REQUEST: AS  text=JSON


{
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "password" : "password"
}


http://localhost/api/login



HIT SEND, you will get a token:
[EXAMPLE_EXAMPLE_TOKEN]

you can view the generated token to: https://jwt.io/

https://youtu.be/TTK8uQOjpT0?t=1662
It will say invalid signature, you can go to the .env file and get the jwtsecre and paste in the "your-256-bit-secret"
[EXAMPLE_EXAMPLE_TOKEN]

WORKS: GIT SAVED:
OPEN app/models/User.php
APPEND:


##################################################################
// get authenticated user
Route::middleware('auth')->get('/me',function () {
    $user = auth()->user();
    return $user; // Returns all user data
    // or
    return $user->id; // return user id
});
##################################################################


open in INSOMNIA
CREATE NEW GET REQUEST: Get Login user
Set Header tab: (CASE SENSATIVE BELOW)
Content-Type    application/json
Authorization   Bearer [TOKEN]

$ git add .
$ git commit -m "WORKS: get login user: http://localhost/api/me"

I followed this good tutorial from this guy it was a little outdate but I was able to figure out some of the new changes. One major difference was he was using a MAC and I was using a Linux Ubuntu Virtual machine from a Windows 10 host.

This video shows how to create a laravel api with authetication for backend:

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This is a longer tutorial but informative

TTK8uQOjpT0