Laravel 5.3 RESTFul API without authentication - api

Question

I want to create an API with Laravel 5.3 but i don't need any kind of authentication. Is it possible to get rid of it? I don't want any token or any kind of authentication.

Answer 1

Yes, it's possible
normally in your
route/api.php
you'd have something like
Route::middleware('auth:api')->get('/user', function (Request $request) {
return $request->user();
});
you just need to remove the part of the middleware that's referencing auth.
So the above would look like:
Route::middleware('api')->get('/user', function (Request $request) {
return $request->user();
//middleware('api') URI prefix. which would become '/api/user'
});
or
Route::apiResource('user', 'UserController');
//same as above but includes crud methods excluding 'create and edit'

Answer 2

To help anyone in my situation who arrive here : be aware that any route in api.php is prefixed by "api/".
It is set in /app/Providers/RouteServiceProvider.php.
So :
Route::get('/delegates', "APIController#delegate");
Will be accessible from
http://www.yourdomain.com/api/delegates
Sorry if it's a bit off-topic, but hope it can help someone.

Answer 3

Of course you can get rid of it. Just setup your routes to don't use any middleware.
Create your API routes on routes/api.php file, then modify the app/Http/Kernel.php file to set your middlewares correctly:
Remove (or add) the middlewares you don't want on api middleware group.
By default, L5.3 comes with two middlewares on api group:
'api' => [
'throttle:60,1',
'bindings',
],
The first one provides a rate limiting to your API (60 requests/minute),
the second substitutes your model bindings.

Answer 4

It's possible, just create route to your controller and return data (Without any auth middleware).

Answer 5

Allow your route to run without auth
Http\Middleware\VerifyCsrfToken
public function handle($request, Closure $next)
{
if (!$request->is('api/*'))
{
return parent::handle($request, $next);
}
return $next($request);
}
Set route like this
'api' => 'APIController'
This is method in APIController ('/api/data')
public function getData(Request $request)
{
return "Hello";
}