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Jetstream uses its own database for user login data. As we need to use our in-house application for storing user login data, we would like Jetstream to make a few API calls to this in-house application, get JSON reply, and then authenticate the user.
I'm new to Laravel and Jetstream/Fortify, I'm not sure if this is the best approach. From what I have gathered so far, I believe I need to write CustomAuth logic in Jetstream to make this work.
Any comments?
Yes, you still need to use your own database but you can hook into Jetstream's "login" and "register" functionality and do whatever you like:
Login: https://jetstream.laravel.com/2.x/features/authentication.html#customizing-user-authentication
Registration: https://jetstream.laravel.com/2.x/features/registration.html#actions
Hi @drehimself
Your video on Jetstream is a great starter! It takes effort to get the hang of all these Fortify, Jetstream, Alpinejs, and so on, but I'm sure it can be done, relatively easily and quickly once I get the hang of it.
That's for the pointer!
Re making calls to external services, is https://laravel.com/docs/9.x/http-client the best option?
Thanks again!
@charleslcso Yep, the HTTP client is great and can handle most cases. If not, I would use Guzzle.
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