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I am building API endpoint with Laravel 5.8 using Passport and Socialite for authentication. API authentication with Passport works fine but I am getting a runtime exception error
Session store not set on request
when I try to authenticate using facebook. Here's how I have set up my code
API endpoints
Route::get('login/facebook', 'AuthController@facebookRedirect');
Route::get('login/facebook/callback', 'AuthController@facebookCallback');
Controller methods
public function facebookRedirect()
{
return Socialite::driver('facebook')->redirect();
}
public function facebookCallback()
{
return Socialite::driver('facebook')->stateless()->user();
}
Added the facebook key to service.php file like this
'facebook' => [
'client_id' => env('FACEBOOK_CLIENT_ID'),
'client_secret' => env('FACEBOOK_CLIENT_SECRET'),
'redirect' => env('FACEBOOK_CALLBACK_URL'),
],
How do I resolve this error?
You need to make sure the socialite routes have a session. This basically means wrapping them in the web middleware group. That group enables sessions through a middleware.
Passport is a stateless API, but socialite itself is not. It needs sessions to function ;)
@bobbybouwmann Dude, you saved my life...I just changed my routes to web.php instead of api.php and it worked (using laravel 8) !!
That's very informative, never knew that. I no longer get that error but now when I try to calling it like this http://localhost:8000/api/v1/login/facebook I get sent to the default laravel login page instead of going to facebook. Keep in mind that I am trying to use socialite for api authentication.
Yeah socialite itself is not build for api authentication! You have to handle that in a different way.
Checkout this tutorial: https://hivokas.com/api-authentication-via-social-networks-for-your-laravel-application
Thanks for sharing the tutorial.
You can also avoid wrapping the routes in the web middleware by using:
Socialite::driver('google')->stateless()->redirect();
and
Socialite::driver('google')->stateless()->user();
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