Authentication with both email and username (same field) (laravel API )

Question

I am building laravel API of my website . I am using laravel 5.3

I am using the API in building mobile app .

In login section, there are two fields :

1. Enter email or username
2. Enter password

In my DB , email and username are different columns.

Here is the function:

public function authenticate()
{

$credentials=request()->only('username','password');

try {

    $token=JWTAuth::attempt($credentials);

    if(!$token){
        return response()->json(['error'=>'credentials wrong'],401);
    }
}
catch(JWTException $e) {

 return response()->json(['error'=>'something_went_wrong'],500);

}
return response()->json(['token'=>$token],200);
}

Here only username is used,I want to use both username and password.

If need any other info please ask.

ty:)

Answer 1

You can use FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL function Like this:-

$login_type = filter_var( $data['email'], FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL ) ? 'email' : 'username';

And then pass in auth attempt function like this:-

Auth::attempt([$login_type => $data['email'], 'password' => $data['password']])

In your case:-

According to your Html you have used two input
<input type="text"required autocomplete="off" name="loginEmail" id="inputname"/>
<input type="password"required autocomplete="off" name="loginPassword" id="inputpassword"/>

And your function is:- 

public function authenticate(Request $request)
{
$data = $request->all();
$login_type = filter_var( $data['loginEmail'], FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL ) ? 'email' : 'username';
//$credentials=request()->only('username','password');

try {

    $token=JWTAuth::attempt([$login_type => $data['loginEmail'], 'password' => $data['loginPassword']]);

    if(!$token){
        return response()->json(['error'=>'credentials wrong'],401);
    }
}
catch(JWTException $e) {

 return response()->json(['error'=>'something_went_wrong'],500);

}
return response()->json(['token'=>$token],200);
}

Hope it Helps!

In postman I was using key in the body called 'username' so here instead of loginEmail , username will come and it will work fine ! ty