How to use custom guard and avoid the default guard - laravel

Question

This is how my config/auth.php looks like.
'defaults' => [
'guard' => 'api',
'passwords' => 'users',
],
'guards' => [
'web' => [
'driver' => 'session',
'provider' => 'users',
],
'admin' => [
'driver' => 'jwt',
'provider' => 'admins',
],
],
'providers' => [
'users' => [
'driver' => 'eloquent',
'model' => App\Models\User::class,
],
'admins' => [
'driver' => 'eloquent',
'provider' => App\Models\Admin::class,
],
// 'users' => [
// 'driver' => 'database',
// 'table' => 'users',
// ],
],
And this is how I defined the guard in my controller:
if (! $token = JWTAuth::attempt($credentials,['guard' => 'admin'])) {
return response()->json(['error' => 'invalid_credentials'], 400);
}
Problem is I have customized admin guard and defined the model that I wanna use but It's looking for default guard and when it does it avoids the custom guard and use default guards providers User model(Which I want to avoid) . To get rid of it I removed the default api guard and now it's saying api guard not defined. If I define I only can use one guard and can't use my customize guard. How can I avoid the default guard and use other two guard ?

Answer 1

In admin controller,
public function __construct(){
\Config::set('auth.defaults.guard','admin');
}
In manager controller,
public function __construct(){
\Config::set('auth.defaults.guard','manager');
}
This solved the problem!

Answer 2

Define a new guard in the guards array of the config/auth.php file. For example, you can add a custom guard like this:
'guards' => [
// ...
'custom' => [
'driver' => 'session',
'provider' => 'users',
],
],
Define a new provider in the providers array of the config/auth.php file. This provider should be responsible for retrieving and authenticating your users. For example, you can add a custom provider like this:
'providers' => [
// ...
'custom' => [
'driver' => 'eloquent',
'model' => App\Models\CustomUser::class,
],
],
Create a new middleware that sets the guard for your custom authentication. For example, you can create a CustomAuthenticate middleware like this:
namespace App\Http\Middleware;
use Illuminate\Auth\Middleware\Authenticate;
class CustomAuthenticate extends Authenticate
{
protected function authenticate($request, array $guards)
{
if (!empty($guards) && $guards[0] === 'custom') {
return auth()->guard('custom')->check();
}
parent::authenticate($request, $guards);
}
}
Apply the new middleware to your routes or controllers. For example, you can add the CustomAuthenticate middleware to your routes like this:
Route::middleware(['auth:custom'])->get('/custom', function () {
return view('custom');
});
or alternatively you can define the guard that you want only to be used within the controller by setting this in your construct method.
public function __construct()
{
$this->middleware('auth:custom');
}
To set the users guard upon logging in you can do within your login post request within your Login controller.
if (Auth::guard('custom')->attempt($credentials)) {
// Authentication passed...
return redirect()->intended('dashboard');
}
When youre logging in to set the guard with JWTAuth you can do;
$token = JWTAuth::guard('custom')->attempt($credentials);