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Inspired by Viral Solani

It is same as the below repo but some change we made in this git as per general requirement

https://github.com/viralsolani/laravel-api-boilerplate-jwt.git

Laravel API Boilerplate (JWT Edition) for Laravel 5.7

Getting started

Introduction

Laravel API Boilerplate is a "starter kit" you can use to build your first API in seconds. As you can easily imagine, it is built on top of the awesome Laravel Framework. This version is built on Laravel 5.6!

Installation

Please check the official laravel installation guide for server requirements before you start. Official Documentation

Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/gupta-kamlesh-r/laravel_boilerplate_for_api.git

Switch to the repo folder

cd laravel_boilerplate_for_api

Install all the dependencies using composer

composer install

Copy the example env file and make the required configuration changes in the .env file

cp .env.example .env

(Set the database connection in .env file)

Generate a new application key

php artisan key:generate

Generate a new JWT authentication secret key

php artisan jwt:generate

Run the database migrations (Set the database connection in .env before migrating)

php artisan migrate

Run the Seeder

php artisan db:seed

Start the local development server

php artisan serve

You can now access the server at http://localhost:8000

TL;DR command list

git clone https://github.com/gupta-kamlesh-r/laravel_boilerplate_for_api.git
cd laravel-api-boilerplate-jwt
composer install
cp .env.example .env
php artisan key:generate
php artisan jwt:generate

Make sure you set the correct database connection information before running the migrations Environment variables

php artisan migrate
php artisan db:seed
php artisan serve

Environment variables

  • .env - Environment variables can be set in this file

Note : You can quickly set the database information and other variables in this file and have the application fully working.

Authentication

This applications uses JSON Web Token (JWT) to handle authentication. The token is passed with each request using the Authorization header with Token scheme. The JWT authentication middleware handles the validation and authentication of the token. Please check the following sources to learn more about JWT.

Simple Rest API Example

For login

POST http://localhost:8000/api/v1/login 

Request Parameter email - [email protected] password - Admin@123

Response { "message": "Login Successfull.", "token": "adHRwOi8vd3d3LmdyYXZhdGFyLmNvbS9hdmF0YXIvNjRlMWI4ZDM0ZjQyNWQxOWUxZWUyZWE3MjM2ZDMwMjguanBnP3M9ODAmZD1tbSZyPWciLCJjb25maXJtZWQiOjEsInJlZ2lzdGVyZWRfYXQiOiIyMDE4LTA4LTE2VDA1OjU4OjM4KzAwOjAwIiwibGFzdF91cGRhdGVkX2F0IjoiMjAxOC0wOC0xNlQwNTo1ODozOCswMDowMCJ9.Cd6GA8_yenGW7y74auMxk3gPN6yO8EMA3qMVmkhghc0" }

Issues

If you come across any issues please report them here.

Contributing

Feel free to create any pull requests for the project. For propsing any new changes or features you want to add to the project, you can send us an email at [email protected]