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 can also use JWTAuth::user() method.

The user() method call is returned in the toUser() method, which itself is an alias for authenticate() method which authenticates a user via a token. If the user is already authenticated, there is no need to authenticate them again (which toUser() does), instead user() method can be used to get the authenticated user.

// $token = JWTAuth::attempt($credentials) was successful...

$user = JWTAuth::user();

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