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API Authentication

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Summary of this lesson:
- Secure API routes with Laravel Sanctum middleware in route groups
- Create a user registration endpoint that validates input and returns API tokens
- Implement login functionality to authenticate users and generate access tokens
- Add logout capability to revoke user tokens when sessions end

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An API without authentication is like a house without a door. So, let's secure our API by adding an authentication system to it:

  • Set up Sanctum Middleware
  • Create a User Registration API
  • Create a User Login API

Let's get secure!

Setting Up Authentication Middleware

Let's start by securing our API endpoint with a Middleware:

routes/api.php

// ...
 
Route::group(['middleware' => 'auth:sanctum'], function () {
    Route::apiResource('categories', CategoryController::class);
    Route::apiResource('transactions', TransactionController::class);
});

Now, we can immediately try to make an API request using Postman:

This is good! However, we need to create a user registration and login API to authenticate our users.

Registering our First User

So, let's create a way to register a new user. For this, we need a new Controller:

php artisan make:controller Api/AuthController

In there, let's add a new method to register a user...

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