The issue, auth guard api is not defined starts showing up in laravel 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9. To fix this issue all we need to edit config/auth.php file. All we need to add api section into config/auth.php file.
- Open config/auth.php
- Clear config and cache
Path: config/auth.php
lets open config/auth.php file and add following code the guards section
'api' => [
'driver' => 'token',
'provider' => 'users',
],Flush Config/Cache
Now after making above changes, let clear laravel configuration and cache so we can see the changes taking effects on laravel application.
php artisan config:clear
