John Davidson

Message:

I am accessing a PayPalController through routes in routes/api.php but when I try to check if a user is authenticated, it returns null.

PayPalController:

<?php



namespace App\Http\Controllers;



use Illuminate\Http\Request;

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;

use Srmklive\PayPal\Service\Paypal;



class PayPalController extends Controller

{

    public function create(Request $request)

    {



        // returns null

        $id = Auth::id();



        // can't read "id" of null

        $id = auth('api')->user()->id;

        

    }

}

routes/api.php:

<?php



namespace App\Http\Controllers;



use Illuminate\Http\Request;

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;





Route::post('/paypal/order/create', [PayPalController::class, 'create']);

I've tried creating an api guard in config/auth.php and using it like so:

auth('api')->user()->id

but it changes nothing.

Edit:

A user is authenticated and it still returns null.

---

My Answer:
php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;

class PayPalController extends Controller
{
public function processPayment(Request $request)
{
if (Auth::check()) {
// User is authenticated
return response()->json(['message' => 'User is authenticated']);
} else {
// User is not authenticated
return response()->json(['message' => 'User is not authenticated']);
}
}
}


In order to access the Auth facade in a controller, make sure that the controller extends the `Controller` class provided by Laravel. Also, ensure that you are using the correct namespace for the `Auth` facade. If you are still facing issues with the Auth facade returning null, you may need to check your authentication setup and configuration in your Laravel application.