Laravel passport api integration step by step

Here are the steps to integrate Laravel Passport API authentication into your Laravel application:

1. Install Laravel Passport package:

   bash
   composer require laravel/passport
   

2. Run migration to create the necessary tables for Passport:

   php artisan migrate
   

3. Add the Passport service provider to the config/app.php file:

   arduino
   'providers' => [
       // ...
       Laravel\Passport\PassportServiceProvider::class,
   ]
   

4. In your AppServiceProvider, add the following to the boot() method to configure Passport:

   php
   use Laravel\Passport\Passport;
   
   public function boot()
   { Passport::routes();
   }

5. Run the Passport installation command to generate encryption keys:

   php artisan passport:install
   

6. Add the Laravel\Passport\HasApiTokens trait to your User model:

   php
   use Laravel\Passport\HasApiTokens;
   
   class User extends Authenticatable
   {. use HasApiTokens, Notifiable;
   
       // }

7. In your config/auth.php file, add the api guard and set the driver to passport:

   arduino
   'guards' => [
       // ...
       'api' => [
           'driver' => 'passport',
           'provider' => 'users',
       ],
   ]
   

8. In your routes/api.php file, define the routes that require authentication using the auth:api middleware:

   bash
   Route::middleware('auth:api')->get('/user', function (Request $request) {
       return $request->user();
   });
   

That's it! Now you can use the /oauth/token endpoint to generate access tokens for your API clients. You can also use the Passport middleware to protect other routes that require authentication.