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How to QuickStart Secured Rest API Project With Laravel 9 ?

Make REST API in LARAVEL 9

Today I am going to explain how you can make REST API in Laravel 9. In this video i am going to explain about CRUD Operation using REST API.

Laravel 9 Installation.

After Installing Laravel 9 we will open the code in Editor.

Step - 1

Create a Model Post with migration.

php artisan make:model Post -m
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Next Update The Migration file at database/migrations folder.

<?php

use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;

return new class extends Migration
{
    /**
     * Run the migrations.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function up()
    {
        Schema::create('posts', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->id();
            $table->string('title');
            $table->longText('description');
            $table->timestamps();
        });
    }

    /**
     * Reverse the migrations.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function down()
    {
        Schema::dropIfExists('posts');
    }
};

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Next update the Model fillable property in app/models/Post.php

<?php

namespace App\Models;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

class Post extends Model
{
    use HasFactory;

    protected $fillable = ['title', 'description'];
}

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Step - 2

Now Generate controller by running command

php artisan make:controller Api\\PostController --model=Post
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this command will generate the file in app/Http/Controllers/Api/PostController.php

Open the file and update the code below.

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers\Api;

use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use App\Http\Requests\StorePostRequest;
use App\Models\Post;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;

class PostController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * Display a listing of the resource.
     *
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function index()
    {
        $posts = Post::all();

        return response()->json([
            'status' => true,
            'posts' => $posts
        ]);
    }

    /**
     * Show the form for creating a new resource.
     *
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function create()
    {
        //
    }

    /**
     * Store a newly created resource in storage.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function store(StorePostRequest $request)
    {
        $post = Post::create($request->all());

        return response()->json([
            'status' => true,
            'message' => "Post Created successfully!",
            'post' => $post
        ], 200);
    }

    /**
     * Display the specified resource.
     *
     * @param  \App\Models\Post  $post
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function show(Post $post)
    {
        //
    }

    /**
     * Show the form for editing the specified resource.
     *
     * @param  \App\Models\Post  $post
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function edit(Post $post)
    {
        //
    }

    /**
     * Update the specified resource in storage.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
     * @param  \App\Models\Post  $post
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function update(StorePostRequest $request, Post $post)
    {
        $post->update($request->all());

        return response()->json([
            'status' => true,
            'message' => "Post Updated successfully!",
            'post' => $post
        ], 200);
    }

    /**
     * Remove the specified resource from storage.
     *
     * @param  \App\Models\Post  $post
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function destroy(Post $post)
    {
        $post->delete();

        return response()->json([
            'status' => true,
            'message' => "Post Deleted successfully!",
        ], 200);
    }
}
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Step - 3

Now Let's create the request to validate the data by running command below.

php artisan make:request StorePostRequest
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Now open file from app/Http/Requests/StorePostRequest.php and update the code below.

<?php

namespace App\Http\Requests;

use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest;

class StorePostRequest extends FormRequest
{
    /**
     * Determine if the user is authorized to make this request.
     *
     * @return bool
     */
    public function authorize()
    {
        return true;
    }

    /**
     * Get the validation rules that apply to the request.
     *
     * @return array
     */
    public function rules()
    {
        return [
            "title" => "required|max:70",
            "description" => "required"
        ];
    }
}
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Step - 4

Now create the API routes in routes/api.php

<?php

use App\Http\Controllers\Api\PostController;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;


Route::apiResource('posts', PostController::class);

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Now serve the application and open the URL in postman.
The results will look like.

Get POSTS

Store Post

Update Post

Delete Post

Make REST API AUTHENTICATION in LARAVEL 9 USING LARAVEL SANCTUM

Laravel Sanctum provides a featherweight authentication system for SPAs (single page applications), mobile applications, and simple, token based APIs.

Installation Steps

If you are not using LARAVEL 9 you need to install LARAVEL Sanctum Otherwise you can skip the installation step.

Step 1

Install via composer

composer require laravel/sanctum
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Step 2

Publish the Sanctum Service Provider

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Laravel\Sanctum\SanctumServiceProvider"
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Step 3

Migrate The Database

php artisan migrate
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USING SANCTUM IN LARAVEL

User HasApiTokens Trait in App\Models\User

In Order to use Sanctum we need to use HasApiTokens Trait Class in User Model.
User Model should look like.

<?php

namespace App\Models;

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

class User extends Authenticatable
{
    use HasApiTokens, HasFactory, Notifiable;

    /**
     * The attributes that are mass assignable.
     *
     * @var array<int, string>
     */
    protected $fillable = [
        'name',
        'email',
        'password',
    ];

    /**
     * The attributes that should be hidden for serialization.
     *
     * @var array<int, string>
     */
    protected $hidden = [
        'password',
        'remember_token',
    ];

    /**
     * The attributes that should be cast.
     *
     * @var array<string, string>
     */
    protected $casts = [
        'email_verified_at' => 'datetime',
    ];
}
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API Authentication Routes

Create AuthController to handle all authentication realted to API

php artisan make:controller Api\\AuthController
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In routes\api.php file update the API

Route::post('/auth/register', [AuthController::class, 'createUser']);
Route::post('/auth/login', [AuthController::class, 'loginUser']);
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Now update AuthContoller with

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers\Api;

use App\Models\User;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Validator;

class AuthController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * Create User
     * @param Request $request
     * @return User 
     */
    public function createUser(Request $request)
    {
        try {
            //Validated
            $validateUser = Validator::make($request->all(), 
            [
                'name' => 'required',
                'email' => 'required|email|unique:users,email',
                'password' => 'required'
            ]);

            if($validateUser->fails()){
                return response()->json([
                    'status' => false,
                    'message' => 'validation error',
                    'errors' => $validateUser->errors()
                ], 401);
            }

            $user = User::create([
                'name' => $request->name,
                'email' => $request->email,
                'password' => Hash::make($request->password)
            ]);

            return response()->json([
                'status' => true,
                'message' => 'User Created Successfully',
                'token' => $user->createToken("API TOKEN")->plainTextToken
            ], 200);

        } catch (\Throwable $th) {
            return response()->json([
                'status' => false,
                'message' => $th->getMessage()
            ], 500);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Login The User
     * @param Request $request
     * @return User
     */
    public function loginUser(Request $request)
    {
        try {
            $validateUser = Validator::make($request->all(), 
            [
                'email' => 'required|email',
                'password' => 'required'
            ]);

            if($validateUser->fails()){
                return response()->json([
                    'status' => false,
                    'message' => 'validation error',
                    'errors' => $validateUser->errors()
                ], 401);
            }

            if(!Auth::attempt($request->only(['email', 'password']))){
                return response()->json([
                    'status' => false,
                    'message' => 'Email & Password does not match with our record.',
                ], 401);
            }

            $user = User::where('email', $request->email)->first();

            return response()->json([
                'status' => true,
                'message' => 'User Logged In Successfully',
                'token' => $user->createToken("API TOKEN")->plainTextToken
            ], 200);

        } catch (\Throwable $th) {
            return response()->json([
                'status' => false,
                'message' => $th->getMessage()
            ], 500);
        }
    }
}
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Protect API With Authentication we need to use auth:sanctum middleware.

Route::apiResource('posts', PostController::class)->middleware('auth:sanctum');
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Here are the results.

Register User

Login API

GET API

The complete Tutorial is below in the video.

If you face any issue while making REST API, please comment your query.

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