Laravel Sanctum Tutorial: API Authentication Made Simple

Learn how to secure your Laravel API with Sanctum. Issue API tokens, protect routes, and build login and logout endpoints step by step.

When a mobile app or JavaScript frontend talks to your Laravel API, it can't use browser sessions the usual way. Laravel Sanctum provides lightweight token based authentication that's perfect for beginners. What Sanctum Offers API tokens for mobile apps and third party clients Cookie based session auth for single page apps on the same domain This tutorial focuses on API tokens. Step 1: Install Sanctum php artisan install:api This installs Sanctum, creates routes/api.php , and adds the token migration. Then run: php artisan migrate Step 2: Add the Trait to Your User Model use Laravel\Sanctum\HasApiTokens; class User extends Authenticatable { use HasApiTokens, Notifiable; } Step 3: Build the Register Endpoint use App\Models\User; use Illuminate\Http\Request; use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash; public function register(Request $request) { $data = $request >validate([ 'name' => 're...

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