Laravel Sanctum + Vue Auth - laravel

Question

I have an API that is secured using Laravel Sanctum. In the front-end I managed to login with sanctum and a new bearer token is issued. So far so good but how can I store the token (without Vuex) to local storage and how I tell axios to use that token for any future requests ?
My code is as follows:
// AuthController.php
public function login(Request $request)
{
$fields = $request->validate([
'email' => 'required|string',
'password' => 'required|string'
]);
$user = User::where('email', $fields['email'])->first();
$token = $user->createToken('login_token')->plainTextToken;
if (!$user || !Hash::check($fields['password'], $user->password)) {
return response([
'message' => 'Invalid Login Credentials'
], 401);
}
$response = [
'user' => $user,
'token' => $token
];
return response($response, 201);
}
// Login.vue
export default {
methods: {
handleLogin() {
axios.get("/sanctum/csrf-cookie").then(response => {
axios.post("/api/login", this.formData).then(response => {
if (response.status === 201) {
this.$router.push({ path: "/" });
}
console.log(response);
});
});
}
},
data: function() {
return {
logo: logo,
formData: {
email: "",
password: ""
}
};
}
};
The login works fine, it is returning the expected results but I don't know how to store the generated token and how to send it to any future axios requests.
Thanks.
*** UPDATE ***
Ok so I figured it out how to send the headers and I'm doing it like so:
axios
.get("/api/expenses/", {
headers: {
"Content-Type": "application/json",
Authorization: "Bearer " + "6|cnuOY69grhJiZzxEHoU74PapFkkcJeqbf3UiKx8z"
}
})
.then(response => (this.expenses = response.data.data));
}
The only remaining bit to this is how can I store the token to the local storage because right now, for testing purposes I hard coded the token.

Answer 1

In your Login.vue script
methods:{
loginUser(){
axios.post('/login',this.form).then(response =>{
localStorage.setItem('token', response.data.token) //store them from response
this.alerts = true
this.$router.push({ name: 'Dashboard'})
}).catch((errors) => {
this.errors = errors.response.data.errors
})
},
}
In your logged in file lets call it Dashboard.vue in <script>,
data(){
return {
drawer: true,
user: {roles: [0]},
token: localStorage.getItem('token'), //get your local storage data
isLoading: true,
}
},
methods: {
getUser(){
axios.get('/user').then(response => {
this.currentUser = response.data
this.user = this.currentUser.user
}).catch(errors => {
if (errors.response.status === 401) {
localStorage.removeItem('token')
this.$router.push({ name: 'Login'})
}
}).finally(() => {
setTimeout(function () {
this.isLoading = false
}.bind(this), 1000);
})
},
},
created(){
axios.defaults.headers.common['Authorization'] = `Bearer ${this.token}` //include this in your created function
this.getUser()
this.isCreated = true
}
I hope it works well for you

Answer 2

Ok so this is how I sorted this out.
Storing the token in the local storage:
localStorage.setItem("token", response.data.token);
Using the token when sending an axios call to the api:
const token = localStorage.getItem("token");
axios
.get("/api/endpoint/", {
headers: {
"Content-Type": "application/json",
Authorization: "Bearer " + token
}
})
.then(response => (this.expenses = response.data));
}