Consuming APIs for authentication in laravel auth

hello fellow artisans

as i am trying to authenticate use using my own made APIs using laravel i find it difficult. and i dont see where i did it wrong

public function store(LoginRequest $request): RedirectResponse { $credentials = $request->only('email', 'password'); $response = $this->authApiService->login($credentials);

    if ($response->successful() && $response->json('status') === 'success') {
        $apiResponse = $response->json('data');
        $token = $apiResponse['token'];
        $userData = $apiResponse['user'];

        // Optionally store user data in session if needed
        Session::put('api_token', $token);
        Session::put('user', $userData);

        $request->session()->regenerate();

        // Manually log in the user without creating/updating in local database
        Auth::loginUsingId($userData['id']);
        
        // Check if the email is verified
        if (is_null($userData['verified_at'])) {
            // Redirect to the email verification notice page
            return redirect()->route('verification.notice')->with('message', 'Please verify your email address.');
        }

        return redirect()->intended(route('dashboard', absolute: false));
    }

    return back()->withErrors([
        'email' => 'The provided credentials do not match our records.',
    ]);
}