Laravel JWT Auth get user on Login

Question

Is it possible with https://github.com/tymondesigns/jwt-auth to get the current user? Because right now I can only generate a token (when a user sign in).

Answer 1

You don't need Auth::user();

You can use the toUser method of JWTAuth. Just pass the token as parameter and you will get back the user info:

$user = JWTAuth::toUser($token);

return response()->json(compact('token', 'user'));

For more info, this is the toUser method:

/**
 * Find a user using the user identifier in the subject claim.
 *
 * @param bool|string $token
 *
 * @return mixed
 */

public function toUser($token = false)
{
    $payload = $this->getPayload($token);

    if (! $user = $this->user->getBy($this->identifier, $payload['sub'])) {
        return false;
    }

    return $user;
}