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is it safe to add Laravel Auth into a project that already started? I'm sure we are not using any Authentication alternative.

Ricardo Vargas
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  • hmm. so your app doesn't have any authentication at the moment? even the one Laravel itself provides out of the box? – Uzair Riaz May 07 '20 at 14:27
  • I want to use the Laravel's Auth solution itself, but reading the documentation, they recommend to do it in a new project. – Ricardo Vargas May 07 '20 at 14:35
  • I don't think they recommend doing it in a new project. The documentation is just set up to show how to do it in a new project. You can do it in any project assuming you don't already have any conflicting resources. Use source control just to be safe – apokryfos May 07 '20 at 14:36
  • its pretty easy to do, if you havent already. And it integrates pretty well. Read the `AuthenticatesUsers` trait and you should know how to integrate in your project – Uzair Riaz May 07 '20 at 14:38
  • I recommend you use OAuth 2.0. It is often used in laravel. –  May 07 '20 at 18:17

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Just to provide a small overview of the project, I'm using: - Laravel 6.x - I already Import Laravel UI to use Vue.js in some components

In case you already started your project, you just need to be aware of the following:

  1. Your project doesn't modify any of the following files:

    • app/Http/Controllers/HomeController.php
    • app/Http/Controllers/Auth/*
    • resources/js/app
    • resources/views/layouts

  2. You are not using a FrontEnd Library with Laravel UI. This is important because depending on the command you use to start the scaffolding, you can override the app.js file on /resources/js.

  3. You are not overwriting any of the routes of the Auth created by Auth::routes().

To add the Authentication first include laravel/ui with composer:

composer require laravel/ui

Once you've installed laravel/ui you can see the new artisan's commands:

php artisan ui --help

To include the auth scaffolding, I recommend to use the following command:

php artisan ui:auth

I prefer this command because it's safer and it's confirm before overwriting any existing file.

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