ResetsPasswords.php

<?php

namespace App;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Mail\Message;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Password;

trait ResetsPasswords
{
    /**
     * Send a reset link to the given user.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function postEmail(Request $request)
    {
        return $this->sendResetLinkEmail($request);
    }

    /**
     * Send a reset link to the given user.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function sendResetLinkEmail(Request $request)
    {
        $this->validate($request, ['email' => 'required|email']);

        $broker = $this->getBroker();

        $response = Password::broker($broker)->sendResetLink($request->only('email'), function (Message $message) {
            $message->subject($this->getEmailSubject());
        });

        switch ($response) {
            case Password::RESET_LINK_SENT:
                return $this->getSendResetLinkEmailSuccessResponse($response);

            case Password::INVALID_USER:
            default:
                return $this->getSendResetLinkEmailFailureResponse($response);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Get the e-mail subject line to be used for the reset link email.
     *
     * @return string
     */
    protected function getEmailSubject()
    {
        return property_exists($this, 'subject') ? $this->subject : 'Your Password Reset Link';
    }

    /**
     * Get the response for after the reset link has been successfully sent.
     *
     * @param  string  $response
     * @return \Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response
     */
    protected function getSendResetLinkEmailSuccessResponse($response)
    {
        return response()->json(['success' => true]);
    }

    /**
     * Get the response for after the reset link could not be sent.
     *
     * @param  string  $response
     * @return \Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response
     */
    protected function getSendResetLinkEmailFailureResponse($response)
    {
      return response()->json(['success' => false]);
    }


    /**
     * Reset the given user's password.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function postReset(Request $request)
    {
        return $this->reset($request);
    }

    /**
     * Reset the given user's password.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function reset(Request $request)
    {
        $this->validate($request, $this->getResetValidationRules());

        $credentials = $request->only(
            'email', 'password', 'password_confirmation', 'token'
        );

        $broker = $this->getBroker();

        $response = Password::broker($broker)->reset($credentials, function ($user, $password) {
            $this->resetPassword($user, $password);
        });

        switch ($response) {
            case Password::PASSWORD_RESET:
                return $this->getResetSuccessResponse($response);

            default:
                return $this->getResetFailureResponse($request, $response);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Get the password reset validation rules.
     *
     * @return array
     */
    protected function getResetValidationRules()
    {
        return [
            'token' => 'required',
            'email' => 'required|email',
            'password' => 'required|confirmed|min:6',
        ];
    }

    /**
     * Reset the given user's password.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\CanResetPassword  $user
     * @param  string  $password
     * @return void
     */
    protected function resetPassword($user, $password)
    {
        $user->password = bcrypt($password);

        $user->save();

        return response()->json(['success' => true]);
    }

    /**
     * Get the response for after a successful password reset.
     *
     * @param  string  $response
     * @return \Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response
     */
    protected function getResetSuccessResponse($response)
    {
        return response()->json(['success' => true]);
    }

    /**
     * Get the response for after a failing password reset.
     *
     * @param  Request  $request
     * @param  string  $response
     * @return \Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response
     */
    protected function getResetFailureResponse(Request $request, $response)
    {
        return response()->json(['success' => false]);
    }

    /**
     * Get the broker to be used during password reset.
     *
     * @return string|null
     */
    public function getBroker()
    {
        return property_exists($this, 'broker') ? $this->broker : null;
    }
}

On Line 34 (https://gist.github.com/imjohnbon/a04c3428ae8abf0a68753e25a73e3969#file-resetspasswords-php-L34) you're passing a callback but this callback doesn't seem to be called anywhere...