JWT support

[hichemfantar]

Why this feature is required (specific use-cases will be appreciated)?

JWT authentication is a very common method of authentication especially on mobile applications.

Have you tried any other work arounds?

There's a third party package but I'd prefer a first party solution like Laravel Sanctum. I noticed that jwt auth was available in v4 but for some reason it's gone in v5.

Are you willing to work on it with little guidance?

Will try my best. But I'm still not familiar with the codebase.

[RomainLanz]

Hey @hichemfantar! 👋🏻

What's wrong with using OAT instead of JWT in your case? Laravel Sanctum handles OAT as Adonis does. They do not manage JWT.

JWTs are for specific use cases that 90% of people never reached (like multi-server environments). I recommend watching 100% Stateless with JWT to understand a bit more when to use a JWT.

[hichemfantar]

I appear mistaken in that laravel sanctum's solution isn't exactly like JWT but It provides similar functionality. I assume I'm supposed to simply use API tokens for my mobile application? What do you mean exactly by OAT Token? OAT Token= opaque access token. Got it.

[RomainLanz]

Yes, OAT (API Tokens) should work for your use case. 👍🏻

[hichemfantar]

Great, I'm closing this then.