076server/app/Http/Controllers/AuthController.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\User;
use JWTAuth;
use Tymon\JWTAuth\Exceptions\JWTException;
use Validator;
use DB, Hash, Mail, Illuminate\Support\Facades\Password;

class AuthController extends Controller {
    /**
     * API Register
     *
     * @param Request $request
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse
     */
    public function register(Request $request) {
        $credentials = $request->only('username', 'password');

        $rules = [
            'username' => 'required|max:255|unique:users',
            'email' => 'required|email|max:255|unique:users',
        ];

        $validator = Validator::make($credentials, $rules);

        if($validator->fails()) {
            return response()->json(['success'=> false, 'error'=> $validator->messages()]);
        }

        $username = $request->username;
        $email = $request->email;
        $password = $request->password;
        $country = $request->country;
        $gender = $request->gender;

        User::create([
            'username' => $username,
            'email' => $email,
            'password' => Hash::make($password),
            'country' => $country,
            'gender' => $gender
        ]);

        return $this->login($request);
    }

    /**
     * API Login, on success return JWT Auth token
     *
     * @param Request $request
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse
     */
    public function login(Request $request) {
        $credentials = $request->only('username', 'password');

        $rules = [
            'username' => 'required',
            'password' => 'required',
        ];

        $validator = Validator::make($credentials, $rules);

        if($validator->fails()) {
            return response()->json(['success'=> false, 'error'=> $validator->messages()]);
        }

        try {
            // attempt to verify the credentials and create a token for the user
            if (!$token = JWTAuth::attempt($credentials)) {
                return response()->json(['success' => false, 'error' => 'We cant find an account with this credentials.'], 401);
            }
        }
        catch (JWTException $e) {
            // something went wrong whilst attempting to encode the token
            return response()->json(['success' => false, 'error' => 'Failed to login, please try again.'], 500);
        }
        // all good so return the token
        return response()->json(['success' => true, 'data'=> [ 'token' => $token ]]);
    }

    /**
     * Log out
     * Invalidate the token, so user cannot use it anymore
     * They have to relogin to get a new token
     *
     * @param Request $request
     */
    public function logout(Request $request) {
        $this->validate($request, ['token' => 'required']);

        try {
            JWTAuth::invalidate($request->input('token'));
            return response()->json(['success' => true, 'message'=> 'You have successfully logged out.']);
        } catch (JWTException $e) {
            // something went wrong whilst attempting to encode the token
            return response()->json(['success' => false, 'error' => 'Failed to logout, please try again.'], 500);
        }
    }

    /**
     * API Recover Password
     *
     * @param Request $request
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse
     */
    public function recover(Request $request) {
        $user = User::where('email', $request->email)->first();

        if (!$user) {
            $error_message = "Your email address was not found.";
            return response()->json(['success' => false, 'error' => ['email'=> $error_message]], 401);
        }
        try {
            Password::sendResetLink($request->only('email'), function (Message $message) {
                $message->subject('Your Password Reset Link');
            });
        } catch (\Exception $e) {
            $error_message = $e->getMessage();
            return response()->json(['success' => false, 'error' => $error_message], 401);
        }

        return response()->json([
            'success' => true, 'data'=> ['message'=> 'A reset email has been sent! Please check your email.']
        ]);
    }

    public function checkAuth(Request $request) {
        $this->validate($request, ['token' => 'required']);

        try {
            $res = JWTAuth::parseToken()->authenticate();
            return response()->json(['success' => true, 'user_id' => $res->id]);
        } catch (JWTException $e) {
            return response()->json(['success' => false, 'error' => 'Failed to check, please try again.'], 500);
        }
    }
}
?>