Laravel Breeze API Authentication

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Laravel Breeze API Authentication

Laravel Breeze API Authentication refers to using Laravel Breeze specifically for building APIs and handling authentication within those APIs.

This lets us set up authentication functionality for our API endpoints. In other words, users can authenticate and interact with our API securely.

How to set it up

1. To begin with, install Laravel and Laravel Breeze in the project. We can use Composer to create a new Laravel project and then install Breeze as seen here:

   composer require laravel/breeze --dev php artisan breeze:install npm install && npm run dev php artisan migrate
2. At this point, Breeze will set up the basic authentication routes, views, as well as controllers needed for authentication. This also includes routes for login, registration, password reset, etc. We can easily customize these routes and views as per our needs.
3. To use Breeze for API authentication, we have to create API routes that are separate from web routes. These API routes handle authentication via Laravel’s built-in authentication features (leveraged by Breeze).

Breeze API authentication uses token-based authentication mechanisms like Laravel Sanctum or Laravel Passport. These packages provide methods for generating and validating API tokens. These can be put to use by clients to authenticate requests.

Additionally, we will be using Laravel’s authentication middleware to protect your API routes. This middleware makes sure that only authenticated users can access certain endpoints. Laravel Breeze handles this authentication logic behind the scenes, making it easy to secure our API routes.

Authentication Controller Methods

When a user authenticates, Breeze offers controller methods that handle these actions. These methods validate user credentials, generate authentication tokens (if applicable), and manage user sessions.

If we are using token-based authentication, we need to manage tokens on the client-side. This involves storing tokens securely and sending them with each API request.

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Conclusion

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