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();

Answer 2

You are referencing Request from a root namespace: \Request. Instead, you should reference the Illuminate\Http\Request class.

You should remove the \ from your parameter and add the following line to your imports.

use Illuminate\Http\Request;

Alternatively, you could also reference the request class directly in your method:

class TestController extends Controller {

    public function testauth1(Illuminate\Http\Request $request) {
        return $request->user();
    }

    public function testauth2() {
        return auth()->user(); // returns user
    }

}

The auth() helper method or Auth Facade is globally available. It doesn't depend on the request that you are trying to access. The same goes for the request() and Request:: helpers I believe. In the case you are giving, you are referencing a wrong Request instance, hence giving a unexpected result.