I'm using laravel v5.8, VueJS and passport v7.4 for Authentication. Below is my login function:
public function login(Request $request)
{
$validator = Validator::make($request->all(), [
'email' => 'required|string|email',
'password' => 'required|string',
]);
if ($validator->fails()) {
return response([
'status' => 0,
'message' => $validator->errors()->first()
]);
}
$credentials = request(['email', 'password']);
if (!Auth::attempt($credentials))
return response()->json([
'status' => 0,
'message' => 'Unauthorized'
], 401);
$user = $request->user();
$tokenResult = $user->createToken('authToken');
$token = $tokenResult->token;
$token->save();
$user_role = Auth::user()->user_type;
$user->assignRole($user_role);
return response()->json([
'status' => 1,
'access_token' => $tokenResult->accessToken,
'token_type' => 'Bearer',
'expires_at' => Carbon::parse(
$tokenResult->token->expires_at
)->toDateTimeString(),
]);
}
My issue is my token expires in 10 seconds(this is for testing purpose). So I check for every route if the token is expired using the below function in VueJS:
isValid(token) {
const payload = this.payload(token);
if (payload) {
const datetime = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);
return payload.exp >= datetime ? true : false;
}
return false;
}
So this works fine, but what should i do to refresh the token? Can we make a middleware to handle it by itself? Or Is there anyway to detect if the user is actively using the application like in normal session based authentication?