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I'm trying to bypass the password and database verifications for the authentication. I want bypass this because I will use Socialite in production but for local developement, I want to use any username I want.
I tried to use Auth::login() and pass it a new dummy user but it doesn't seems to stick in the session.
I tried to extend SessionGuard but I can't manage to create a working instance because I need a UserProvider and a Session Provider.
I feel I want to do the simplest thing ever but can't manage to do it. I'm sure there is a lot of way to do this so I'm open with any kind of solution.
Again, I just want to bypass Auth verifications and force a user with a name in the session.
Thank you
@tomchabo If you haven't tried it yet, you can do something like this:
$user = App\Models\User::firstOrCreate([
'name' => 'TestUser',
'email' => '[email protected]',
'password' => Hash::make('secretpass'),
]);
Auth::login($user);
Please make sure you don't forget the relevant imports
Thank you for the reply. I was looking to not use the database at all but I very much can use it like this if ever I don't find something better.
Perhaps you could use Sushi to construct a fake user model?
@tomchabo In this case, here is your solution, you can add the following code in the boot method of AppServiceProvider for example :
if (config('app.env') === 'local') {
$user = \App\Models\User::newModelInstance([
'name' => 'OtherTestUser',
'email' => '[email protected]',
'password' => Hash::make('secretpass'),
]);
Auth::login($user);
}
Please note the usage of firstOrNew, this would create a User object without persisting it in the database. Besides, the code is wrapped inside an if to make sure it is run only in the local environment: we don't want people to login like this in production.
FInally, I suggested to put the code in the boot method of AppServiceProvider since it is run in every request. You can put the code elsewhere if you prefer.
Thank you. It is perfect for my needs.
I'm happy to help. By the way, newModelInstance is more appropriate than firstOrNew in your case. I updated the answer to reflect that.
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