How to Set Up Laravel Passport for API Authentication

Laravel Passport provides a full OAuth2 server implementation for your Laravel application. This guide shows you how to set up Passport for API authentication.

1. Install Laravel Passport:
   • Run composer require laravel/passport and follow the installation instructions.
2. Run Passport Migrations:
   • Run php artisan migrate to set up the Passport tables.
3. Configure Passport:
   • Add Passport’s service provider to your config/app.php and call Passport::routes() in your AuthServiceProvider.

Setting up Laravel Passport allows you to implement robust API authentication using OAuth2.