Passport already installed, but personal access client not found

Question

I have configured Laravel API with Passport (Password Grant) for Nuxt a long time ago, I have no problem to log users, but now I need to create an access token manually for specific purpose.

However, when I try to create a token for a user as below, I'm getting an error:

$user = MyCompany\MyPackage\Models\User::find(123);
$user->createToken('my token')

   RuntimeException  Personal access client not found. Please create one.

What's missing in my configuration?

Below is my User model:

<?php
namespace MyCompany\MyPackage\Models;

use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\MustVerifyEmail;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User as Authenticatable;
use Illuminate\Notifications\Notifiable;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Validator;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash;
use Laravel\Passport\HasApiTokens;

class User extends Authenticatable implements MustVerifyEmail
{
    use HasApiTokens;
    use Notifiable;

    ...

}

Answer 1

In order to use createTokens(), you need to have personal access token on DB, and you can use the command php artisan passport:client --personal.

You can have on you DB many client IDS for password, client grant.

On your.env put the personal id/secret on:

PASSPORT_PERSONAL_ACCESS_CLIENT_ID=client-id-value
PASSPORT_PERSONAL_ACCESS_CLIENT_SECRET=unhashed-client-secret-value