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I was playing around with Laravel, Nuxt 3 and Sancutm, Basically following this link. The part where a custom middleware is used instead of auth:sanctum to ensure the user is logged in using valid token surprises me because with MySQL backend auth:sanctum middleware works just fine no need for a custom middleware to ensure the user is logged in for each request. Is there another model that needs modification in order to work properly?
with MySQL backend auth:sanctum middleware works just fine no need for a custom middleware to ensure the user is logged in for each request
Hmmm I'm not sure that you're right.
With auth:sanctum the application checks if the user is logged in for each request, it's only done implicitely.
With Sanctum, you don't need to use a custom middleware, just protect the route with auth:sanctum.
@vincent15000 Try it, if the database is MySQL it will implicitly log in the user, with MongoDB it doesn't.
@codeXX To use MongoDB, you need a package.
https://github.com/mongodb/laravel-mongodb
Here is a full guide to use MongoDB with Laravel.
https://www.mongodb.com/resources/products/compatibilities/mongodb-laravel-integration
@vincent15000 by adding the lines below to PersonalAccessToken custom class it worked fine.
protected $table = 'personal_access_tokens';
protected $keyType = 'string';
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