How to figure out the Token Name in the controller?

Question

I have created a Laravel 5.4 App, which is a REST based API for serving out data about our inventory to customers.

I have implemented Passport based Authentication, and My customers create a 'Personal Access Tokens' and use that in their client requests. All of this is working fine.

I now need to meter the usage of the API to figure out which user, and which token (by Name) is making the request.

I am able to get the User by using $request->session();, but how do I get the name of the Token that is making the request?

Answer 1

Laravel passport searches for valid tokens in 2 locations:

• the bearer token
• a cookie

When boiled down, you could use this method to find the token you seek:

$token = $request->bearerToken() ?? $request->cookie(Passport::cookie());