Laravel Echo Server can not be authenticated, got HTTP status 403 - laravel

Question

I got laravel-echo-server and Laravel 5 application with vuejs, and I'm trying to connect front end to back end via sockets.
I've managed to connect everything together via Echo.channel() method, however it will not subscribe with Echo.private()
This is what I got so far :
Once the page loads I call :
I initilise the Echo via
window.Echo = new Echo({
broadcaster: 'socket.io',
host: window.location.hostname + ':6001',
csrfToken : Laravel.csrfToken,
auth : {
headers : {
Authorization : "Bearer b6f96a6e99e90dzzzzzzz"
}
}
});
Then I create a new event via vue resourse
Vue.http.get('/api/errors/get');
This fires laravel event(new \App\Events\ErrorsEvent()); event
Which Broadcasts the event privately via
public function broadcastOn()
{
return new PrivateChannel('errors');
}
At this point laravel-echo-server responds with
Channel: private-errors
Event: App\Events\ErrorsEvent
CHANNEL private-errors
Then i try to subscribe to the channel with echo by running
Echo.private('errors')
.listen('ErrorsEvent', (e) => {
this.errors = e.errors;
console.log(e);
});
At which laravel-echo-server responds with
[14:47:31] - xxxxxxxxxxxxxx could not be authenticated to private-errors
Client can not be authenticated, got HTTP status 403
Does anybody know if I'm missing something here?
EDIT
This is my BroadcastServiceProvider
public function boot(Request $request)
{
Broadcast::routes();
/*
* Authenticate the user's personal channel...
*/
Broadcast::channel('App.User.*', function ($user, $userId) {
return (int) $user->id === (int) $userId;
});
}
Also, I've discovered that if I try to subscribe to
Echo.private('App.User.2')
.listen('ErrorsEvent', (e) => {
this.errors = e.errors;
console.log(e);
});
It connects and everything is ok, however it still refuses to connect with the errors channel

Answer 1

My issue was that I hadn't noticed there are two BroadcastServiceProvider::class entries in app/config.php
I had only checked the first one. Once I uncommented App\Providers\BroadcastServiceProvider::class I didn't need to specify the bearer token.
I believe the reason you couldn't connect on the errors channel in your above config is that you need to change your call in your BroadcastServiceProvider (or routes/channels.php) to
Broadcast::channel('errors', function ($user) {
return true; //replace with suitable auth check here
});