Laravel JWT Guard

This package provides a simple way to use JWT (JSON Web Tokens) as an authentication guard in a Laravel application.

Installation

Require package zendrop/laravel-jwt

composer require zendrop/laravel-jwt

Setup

After installation, you need to add service provider to your config/app.php

'providers' => [
    ...
    Zendrop\LaravelJwt\LaravelJwtAuthServiceProvider::class,
]

and publish the package configuration with command

php artisan vendor:publish

Don't forget to run migrations

php artisan migrate

Configuration

Modify the generated config/laravel-jwt.php in the config folder to suit your needs:

1. Algorithm: Set the JWT algorithm you wish to use (default is HS256).
2. Keys: Specify the encode and decode keys. By default, it uses the APP_KEY from your Laravel .env file.
3. Payload: Configure issuer (iss) and time-to-live (ttl) for the JWT.
4. Blacklist Driver: Specify the driver used for handling blacklisted tokens (default is a database driver).

Usage

HasJwt Trait

Include the HasJwt trait in your User model or any other authenticatable model:

use Zendrop\LaravelJwt\HasJwt;

class User extends Authenticatable {
    use HasJwt;
    ...
}

This provides the makeJwt() method to generate JWT for the user.

JWT Guard

In your auth.php config file, you can define the JWT guard:

'guards' => [
    'web' => [
        'driver' => 'session',
        'provider' => 'users',
        ...
    ],
    'api' => [
        'driver' => 'laravel-jwt', // Use the JWT guard
        'provider' => 'users', 
    ],
    ...
]

For stateful JWT:

'guards' => [
    'web' => [
        'driver' => 'laravel-jwt-cookie',
        'provider' => 'users', 
    ],
]