Laravel 5.4.9 API Route Fix

2014_10_12_000000_create_users_table.php

<?php

use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;

class CreateUsersTable extends Migration
{
    /**
     * Run the migrations.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function up()
    {
        Schema::create('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->increments('id');
            $table->string('name');
            $table->string('email')->unique();
            $table->char('api_token', 60)->nullable();
            $table->string('password');
            $table->rememberToken();
            $table->timestamps();
        });
    }

    /**
     * Reverse the migrations.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function down()
    {
        Schema::dropIfExists('users');
    }
}

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Quick Fix on Laravel 5.4.9 on API Route

Update Migration, Model Factory and User model as per above.

Run php artisan tinker and create new user:

Psy Shell v0.8.1 (PHP 7.0.8 — cli) by Justin Hileman
>>> factory(App\User::class)->create();
=> App\User {#695
     name: "Dr. Dewitt Rippin III",
     email: "chaya.gerlach@example.org",
     api_token: "z0DANKhTH7H4mIBPIZL1qyqQ3qJjmz9r3A4XOwqFRtrGyjM8XyM9ppqou0Lj",
     updated_at: "2017-02-07 04:00:31",
     created_at: "2017-02-07 04:00:31",
     id: 1,
   }
>>> 

Now in Postman, use header Authorization, value is Bearer [api_token]. Then submit to http://localhost:8000/api/user.

You should get current user logged in.

ModelFactory.php

<?php

/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Model Factories
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| Here you may define all of your model factories. Model factories give
| you a convenient way to create models for testing and seeding your
| database. Just tell the factory how a default model should look.
|
 */

/** @var \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factory $factory */
$factory->define(App\User::class, function (Faker\Generator $faker) {
    static $password;

    return [
        'name' => $faker->name,
        'email' => $faker->unique()->safeEmail,
        'api_token' => str_random(60),
        'password' => $password ?: $password = bcrypt('secret'),
        'remember_token' => str_random(10),
    ];
});

User.php

<?php

namespace App;

use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User as Authenticatable;
use Illuminate\Notifications\Notifiable;

class User extends Authenticatable
{
    use Notifiable;

    /**
     * The attributes that are mass assignable.
     *
     * @var array
     */
    protected $fillable = [
        'name', 'email', 'password', 'api_token',
    ];

    /**
     * The attributes that should be hidden for arrays.
     *
     * @var array
     */
    protected $hidden = [
        'password', 'remember_token',
    ];
}