A Json Web Token Guard adaptor for the Laravel Framework.

The goal is for a dropin replacement to the session guard which is shipped by default, most existing middleware which relies on Auth:: should work.

composer require lidbetter/jw-token-guard

1. Add the following to config/app.php in the providers array

Lidbetter\JWTokenGuard\JWTokenGuardServiceProvider::class,

2. In config/auth.php change your api driver to jwt - should look something like

	    ...
        'guards' => [
            'web' => [
                'driver' => 'session',
                'provider' => 'users',
            ],

            'api' => [
                'driver' => 'jwt',
                'provider' => 'users',
            ],
        ],
        ...   

3. In app/Http/Controllers/Auth/AuthController.php

   replace: use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\AuthenticatesAndRegistersUsers;

with: use Lidbetter\JWTokenGuard\Traits\AuthenticatesAndRegistersUsersAndJWT;

Don't forget to swap the use statment inside the class too. This will make the post login method return a token, if credentials are valid.

4. Optional but advisable, add the middleware to set the default auth driver to the JWT implementation in app/Http/Kernel.php add the middle ware to the api route, should now look something like:

    protected $middlewareGroups = [
        'web' => [
            \App\Http\Middleware\EncryptCookies::class,
            \Illuminate\Cookie\Middleware\AddQueuedCookiesToResponse::class,
            \Illuminate\Session\Middleware\StartSession::class,
            \Illuminate\View\Middleware\ShareErrorsFromSession::class,
            \App\Http\Middleware\VerifyCsrfToken::class,
        ],

        'api' => [
            'throttle:60,1',
            \Lidbetter\JWTokenGuard\Middleware\StartJTWGuard::class,
        ],
    ];

You should now be able to use Auth::check, Auth::guest(), Auth::user() etc. anywhere inside your app and if accessed via a route protected via the api middle group get the JWTGuard and the default guard if you access non api grouped middleware routes.