Laravel 5.3 - How to add Sessions to `API` without CSRF?

Question

Im trying to build an api, and for some reason I need sessions. But if I include web middleware I get CSRF errors, and if I dont I cant have session started.

How to solve this?

Answer 1

go to app/Http/Kernel.php and add your own name like 'sessions' to the $middlewareGroups. It should contain \Illuminate\Session\Middleware\StartSession::class,

Assign 'sessions' to those routes you want.

protected $middlewareGroups = [
        'web' => [
            \App\Http\Middleware\EncryptCookies::class,
            \Illuminate\Cookie\Middleware\AddQueuedCookiesToResponse::class,
            \Illuminate\Session\Middleware\StartSession::class,
            \Illuminate\View\Middleware\ShareErrorsFromSession::class,
            \App\Http\Middleware\VerifyCsrfToken::class,
        ],

        'api' => [
            'throttle:60,1',
        ],

        'sessions' => [
            \Illuminate\Session\Middleware\StartSession::class,
        ]
    ];

routes/api.php

Route::group(['middleware' => ['sessions']], function () {
    Route::resource(...);
});