JwtAuth for Laravel

A fully stateless JWT authentication guard and provider for Laravel.
Supports access/refresh tokens, automatic cookie injection, multi-source token parsing (header, query, cookie), and token revocation.

✨ Features

• 🔐 Custom Laravel guard + provider (fully stateless)
• ♻️ Refresh token support
• 🍪 Cookie-based tokens (HttpOnly, optional)
• 📩 Header / Query string token support
• 🔄 Token revocation
• 💡 Simple trait-based token issuing
• ⚡️ Octane-ready

📦 Installation

composer require vkoori/laravel-stateless-auth

⚙️ Configuration

Publish the config file:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Vkoori\JwtAuth\AuthServiceProvider"

This will publish config/jwt-guard.php.

also read optionally

🛡 Register the Guard & Provider

In your config/auth.php:

'guards' => [
    'api' => [
        'driver' => 'jwt-auth',
        'provider' => 'jwt-users',
    ],
],

'providers' => [
    'jwt-users' => [
        'driver' => 'jwt-auth-provider',
        'model' => App\Models\User::class,
    ],
],

👤 Token Support on User Model

Your User model must use the provided trait:

use Vkoori\JwtAuth\Auth\Traits\HasApiTokens;

class User extends Authenticatable
{
    use HasApiTokens;
}

🧩 Custom Cache Driver for JWT Token Storage

To prevent JWT tokens from being removed during global cache clears (php artisan cache:clear), you can isolate token storage using a custom cache store.

🔧 Configuration

Use one of the existing cache stores, or define a dedicated store for JWT.

1. Add a new cache store in config/cache.php:

'stores' => [
    // Other cache stores...

    'redis_jwt' => [
        'driver' => 'redis',
        'connection' => env('REDIS_JWT_CONNECTION', 'jwt'),
        'lock_connection' => env('REDIS_CACHE_LOCK_CONNECTION', 'default'),
    ],
],

1. Define a dedicated Redis connection in config/database.php:

'redis' => [

    // Other connections...

    'jwt' => [
        'url' => env('REDIS_URL'),
        'host' => env('REDIS_HOST', '127.0.0.1'),
        'username' => env('REDIS_USERNAME'),
        'password' => env('REDIS_PASSWORD'),
        'port' => env('REDIS_PORT', '6379'),
        'database' => env('REDIS_JWT_DB', '2'),
    ],
],

1. Set the custom driver on your Authenticatable model using the HasApiTokens trait:

use Vkoori\JwtAuth\Auth\Traits\HasApiTokens;

class User extends Authenticatable
{
    use HasApiTokens;

    public ?string $jwtCacheDriver = 'redis_jwt';
}

💡 Why This Matters

By using a dedicated Redis cache store for JWT tokens:

• php artisan cache:clear won’t wipe out active tokens
• You can still manually clear tokens when needed:

php artisan cache:clear redis_jwt

This is especially useful when enable_revoke is set to true in your config, ensuring users are logged out securely while preserving system-wide cache stability.

🔐 JWT Scope Middleware

This package includes a built-in JwtScopeMiddleware to restrict route access based on scopes defined in the JWT token payload.

🔧 Middleware Registration

✅ Laravel 12+

In Laravel 12+, middleware is registered using the bootstrap/app.php:

    ->withMiddleware(function (Middleware $middleware): void {
        $middleware
            ->alias([
                'jwt.scope' => \Vkoori\JwtAuth\Middlewares\JwtScopeMiddleware::class,
            ]);
    })

🧱 Laravel 11 and below

If you're using Laravel 11 or older, register the middleware in app/Http/Kernel.php:

protected $routeMiddleware = [
    // ...
    'jwt.scope' => \Vkoori\JwtAuth\Middlewares\JwtScopeMiddleware::class,
];

✅ Defining Scopes in Your JWT

Make sure you include the scope claim when generating your access tokens. Example:

$user->accessToken(scopes: ['admin', 'manager'])

🔒 Protect Routes Using Scope Middleware

You can pass multiple allowed scopes or single scope, and access will be granted if at least one matches:

Route::middleware(['jwt.scope:admin'])->group(function () {
    Route::get('/admin/dashboard', [AdminController::class, 'index']);
});

Route::middleware(['jwt.scope:admin,other'])->group(function () {
    Route::get('/admin/dashboard', [AdminController::class, 'index']);
});

⚠️ Error Handling

• If the user is unauthenticated, a 401 Unauthorized will be thrown.
• If the token lacks the required scopes, a 403 Forbidden (ScopeException) will be raised.