Customize Laravel Passport response unauthenticated

Question

Currently I have a login, register, update and delete functionality using my api made in Laravel using passport feature. Everything works fine the insertion of data and fetc

Answer 1

This solution worked for me, found in the Laravel Docs. You can override the unauthenticated function in the Handler like this:

protected function unauthenticated($request, AuthenticationException $exception)
{
    return $request->expectsJson()
                ? response()->json(['message' => $exception->getMessage()], 401)
                : redirect()->guest(route('login'));
}

then, handle and provide the response you want.

Don't forget to import this as well in the Handle.php file:

use Illuminate\Auth\AuthenticationException;

I hope it does work well for you!

Answer 2

Override auth:api middleware, and modify it accordingly to give the response you want.

Answer 3

Here's how I solved it. If you are using Laravel 5.5 or above you can override the default exception handler by editing app/Exceptions/Handler.php to add the following:

use Illuminate\Auth\AuthenticationException;

protected function unauthenticated($request, AuthenticationException $exception)
{
    if ($request->expectsJson()) {
        $json = [
            'isAuth'=>false,
            'message' => $exception->getMessage()
        ];
        return response()
            ->json($json, 401);
    }
    $guard = array_get($exception->guards(),0);
    switch ($guard) {
        default:
            $login = 'login';
            break;
    }
    return redirect()->guest(route($login));
}

In the JSON return, you can add any parameters per your requirement.