Get authenticated User in API controller in Laravel

Question

I want to fetch the Authenticated User's data in API controller. How to do that?
Here is my API\CompanyController

public function selected_company(){
        return Auth::user()->id;
    }

The error I got through HTTP request... Error Image Here

let the controller method pass through a middleware like auth:sanctum or auth:api, depends on what package you are using for api authentication. — linktoahref
– linktoahref, Commented Nov 26, 2020 at 5:51
I have updated return Auth::user()->id; to return auth('api')->user() but also it is not working — user14112985
– user14112985, Commented Nov 26, 2020 at 13:12

linktoahref · Accepted Answer · 2020-11-26 13:25:36Z

1

To convey the comment in a comprehensible manner,

Either your controller should have a middleware, like

public function __construct()
{
    $this->middleware('auth:api');
}

Or your route to the api should be passed through the middleware

Route::get('your-api-endpoint')->middleware('auth:api');

answered Nov 26, 2020 at 13:25

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4 Comments

Are you passing the API Token in the Headers ? Authorization: Bearer <token>

Maybe you should read more about how to authenticate user and pass the tokens in header.

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