Laravel 5.6 - How to get auth()->user() or $response->user() in api controller?

Question

In api.php routes file below, there are public routes and private routes:

Route::group([\'namespace\' => \'API\'], function() {

     // Publ         


        

Answer 1

Pass the api guard as a parameter to fetch the authorized user without the middleware protecting the request.

$request->user('api');

// Or

auth('api')->user();