Axios not sending XSRF token with headers - laravel

Question

I am integrating a Vue JS (Quasar framework) based SPA with API. The API is built in Laravel and is using sanctum for CSRF.
When I send a request to the sanctum endpoint https://someweburl.com/sanctum/csrf-cookie it sends the XSRF-TOKEN as cookie correctly. But when I am sending the the POST request, the X-XSRF-TOKEN is not attaching itself with the header. And I am getting a 'token mismatch' error.
The front-end is on my localhost:8080 while the API is live on a url. I do not have direct access to the Laravel project but only the API.
Following is my axios configuration
import Vue from 'vue';
import axios from 'axios';
Vue.prototype.$axios = axios;
const apiBaseUrl = "https://someweburl.com";
const api = axios.create({ baseURL: apiBaseUrl });
api.defaults.withCredentials = true;
Vue.prototype.$api = api;
Vue.prototype.$apiBaseURL = apiBaseUrl;
export { axios, api, apiBaseUrl }
Following is the request format that I am trying to achieve i.e A POST request after getting the CSRF
export const fetchAllEvents = async function (context, payload) {
this._vm.$api.get('/sanctum/csrf-cookie').then(response => {
this._vm.$api.post('/api/website/event/all').then(response => {
context.commit('setAllEvents', response.data.data);
}).catch(error => {
console.log(error);
})
}).catch(error => {
console.log(error);
})
}
When I check use Postman to make the POST request with X-XSRF-TOKEN added as header, i am getting the correct response. Which means the API is working correctly. But there's some issue with axios.
Any help will be appreciated.

Answer 1

Maybe that is because the Axios only sets the X-XSRF-TOKEN header when the front and backend have the exact origin. You mentioned you are trying with your frontend app at your localhost and the API is on the web at another URL.
See the axios GitHub repository for more information: https://github.com/axios/axios/blob/cd8989a987f994c79148bb0cacfca3379ca27414/lib/adapters/xhr.js#L179