Nuxt Sanctum Authentication Demo

This repository contains the source code for both a Laravel application and a Nuxt 3 application demonstrating authentication with Laravel Sanctum.

This demo walks through setting up Sanctum authentication, including both cookie-based and token-based authentication methods.

Features

• Laravel backend with Sanctum authentication.
• Nuxt 3 frontend configured with @qirolab/nuxt-sanctum-authentication module.
• SPA cookie-based authentication (default) and token-based authentication.
• API route protection using Sanctum.

Tutorial

For a step-by-step guide, watch the full tutorial on YouTube:

Branches

This repository contains two different branches depending on the type of authentication you want to implement:

• Cookie-Based SPA Authentication: The default authentication mode using Laravel Sanctum cookies. You can check out the main branch for this implementation.

  • Branch: main

• API Token-Based Authentication: If you prefer to use token-based authentication for your API, switch to the api-token-authentication branch.

  • Branch: api-token-authentication

Make sure to check out the correct branch depending on your use case.

Installation

1. Clone the repository

git clone [email protected]:qirolab/nuxt-sanctum-authentication-demo.git

2. Setup Laravel

Navigate to the Laravel folder and install dependencies:

cd laravel-api
composer install

Copy the .env.example to .env:

cp .env.example .env

Generate the application key:

php artisan key:generate

Set up your database in the .env file and run migrations:

php artisan migrate

Run the Laravel server:

php artisan serve

3. Setup Nuxt 3

Navigate to the Nuxt app folder and install dependencies:

cd nuxt3-app
npm install

Copy the .env.example to .env:

cp .env.example .env

Make sure to set the NUXT_SANCTUM_API_URL in your .env file to point to your Laravel app URL.

Run the Nuxt development server:

npm run dev

Usage

• Open the Laravel app in your browser (default: http://localhost:8000).
• Open the Nuxt app in your browser (default: http://localhost:3000).
• Try logging in using the credentials you've set up in your Laravel app.

Support

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License

This project is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.