Fix registration call.

app/Http/Controllers/AuthController.php

@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ class AuthController extends Controller {
     }
 
     public function register(Request $request) {
-        $credentials = $request->only('username', 'password');
+        $credentials = $request->only('username', 'email', 'password');
 
         $rules = [
             'username' => 'required|max:255|unique:users',
@@ -209,7 +209,18 @@ class AuthController extends Controller {
             'gender' => $gender
         ]);
 
-        return $this->login($request);
+        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 ]]);
     }
 
     /**