Nowadays, API is becoming the most essentials for modern applications. In this article, we will see how can we create APIs using Laravel 7 easily.
We are not going to cover what API is and why we should use it. So if you don't know What API is? then google it first and then come here.
Let's come to the Point
First of all, let's create a fresh Laravel project
composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel laravelApi
We are going to use Laravel sanctum to get token so, let's install sanctum
composer require laravel/sanctum
Now publish the configuration files and migrations
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Laravel\Sanctum\SanctumServiceProvider"
Now, it's time to add EnsureFrontendRequestsAreStateful middleware to your API middleware group in your app/Http/Kernel.php file
use Laravel\Sanctum\Http\Middleware\EnsureFrontendRequestsAreStateful;
'api' => [
EnsureFrontendRequestsAreStateful::class,
'throttle:60,1',
\Illuminate\Routing\Middleware\SubstituteBindings::class,
],
Configure your database in .env file
DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=yourdatabasename
DB_USERNAME=username
DB_PASSWORD=password
let's migrate
php artisan migrate
it is responsible for creating the user table in your application.
Next, go to User Model in App/User.php and add this code
use Laravel\Sanctum\HasApiTokens;
class User extends Authenticatable
{
use HasApiTokens, Notifiable;
}
Next, go to the routes folder and open api.php
and add this line of routes
Route::post('/register', 'RegisterController@register');
Route::post('/login', 'LoginController@login');
and change the default middleware to sanctum
Route::middleware('auth:sanctum')->get('/user', function (Request $request) {
return $request->user();
});
Now create two controller RegisterController and LoginController
php artisan make:controller LoginController
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use App\User;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash;
use Illuminate\Validation\ValidationException;
class LoginController extends Controller
{
public function login(Request $request)
{
$request->validate([
'email' => 'required|email',
'password' => 'required',
]);
$user = User::where('email', $request->email)->first();
if (!$user || !Hash::check($request->password, $user->password)) {
throw ValidationException::withMessages([
'email' => ['The provided credentials are incorrect.'],
]);
}
return $user->createToken('x-key')->plainTextToken;
}
}
php artisan make:controller RegisterController
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use App\User;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash;
class RegisterController extends Controller
{
public function register(Request $request)
{
$request->validate([
'name' => ['required'],
'email' => ['required', 'email', 'unique:users'],
'password' => ['required', 'min:8', 'confirmed']
]);
User::create([
'name' => $request->name,
'email' => $request->email,
'password' => Hash::make($request->password)
]);
}
}
let's register a user using postman
and try to login
You are ready to go, cheers.
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