how to authenticate RESTful API in Laravel 5?

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How to authenticate RESTful API in Laravel 5? I am using Laravel 5 to build a RESTful API & I want to use those API for mobile application.

I have also seen http://laravel.com/docs/5.0/authentication but not getting any related example so,please provide me sample example or appropriate link for authenticate RESTful API in Laravel 5.

score 17 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 15 '15 at 06:36

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I was looking for the same answer and I found this link very useful with detailed information and usage for L5 with the use of JWT .

JSON Web Token

Hope it helps you too.

answered Apr 15 '15 at 06:36

Tarunn

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Is it possible to add a sort of 'remember me' function for JWT? – Luuk Van Dongen Sep 29 '15 at 20:18
Great article from Toptal - thanks for sharing the link. I also found https://jwt.io/introduction/ was a good introduction to JWT (contains no Laravel-specific info). – w5m Dec 07 '16 at 09:51
Now there is laravel 5.4 version available, so is there is another convenient way to make API ? – Ayaz Ali Shah Feb 06 '17 at 11:40

nozzleman · Answer 2 · 2015-03-03T12:18:46.630

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The Concept to use here would be Middleware: To get you started, put this in your API-Controller's ctors:

public function __construct()
{
    // reqires Authentificataion before access
    $this->middleware('auth.basic');
}

Your app should then be able to call the resources like

http://user:pass@yourapp.com/yourresource/1

edited Mar 03 '15 at 12:18

answered Mar 03 '15 at 11:58

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I want to authenticate my API only once or using authentication token – Vaibhav Mar 03 '15 at 12:22
in this case, you would have to write your own middleware. Laravel only provies a hand full of middlewares out of the box. see https://github.com/laravel/laravel/blob/master/app/Http/Kernel.php Writing your own isn't that hard, see https://mattstauffer.co/blog/laravel-5.0-middleware-filter-style or the laravel docs – nozzleman Mar 03 '15 at 12:34
since i am using this construct, i dont have one right now. it also depends on your 'authentication token'. – nozzleman Mar 04 '15 at 08:50

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