How to login with twitter in laravel 5.4

How to login with twitter in laravel 5.4

  April 03, 2017    Yogesh

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In this Tutorial will show you how to user login with twitter using laravel/socialite packages. social authentication is very important because nowadays most of the users will connected with social network like twitter. so in this tutorial i will show you how to login with twitter in laravel 5.4.

1. Install Socialite Package:

In first step install socialite package. so, first open command prompt and run below command :

composer require laravel/socialite

2. Add Providers and aliases :

After install socialite package we should add providers and aliases in config file. so, open config/app.php file and add providers and aliases.

'providers' => [

 ....

 Laravel\Socialite\SocialiteServiceProvider::class,

],

'aliases' => [

 ....

 'Socialite' => Laravel\Socialite\Facades\Socialite::class,

],

3.  Create Google App :

n this step we need twitter Credentials like twitter client id, secret key and redirect URls. so, go to https://dev.twitter.com/rest/public and create twitter app.

4. Config/services.php :

After create app you can copy credentials like client id, secret key and redirect URls.

Now, go to config/services.php file and set twitter client id, secret and redirect URls.

return [

 ....

 'twitter' => [

        'client_id' => 'app id',

        'client_secret' => 'add secret',

        'redirect' => 'http://localhost:8000/auth/twitter/callback',

    ],

]

5. Add twitter_id column in your users table :

Schema::table('users', function ($table) {

    $table->string('twitter_id');

});

6. Add route :

After adding twitter_id column in your users table first we have to add new route for twitter login. so, add below route in routes.php file.

Route::get('twitter', function () {

    return view('twitterAuth');

});



Route::get('auth/twitter', 'Auth\AuthController@redirectToTwitter');

Route::get('auth/twitter/callback', 'Auth\AuthController@handleTwitterCallback');

7. RegisterController.php

app/Http/Controllers/Auth/RegisterController.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers\Auth;

use App\User;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Validator;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\RegistersUsers;
use Socialite;
use Auth;
use Exception;

class RegisterController extends Controller
{
    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Register Controller
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | This controller handles the registration of new users as well as their
    | validation and creation. By default this controller uses a trait to
    | provide this functionality without requiring any additional code.
    |
    */

    use RegistersUsers;

    /**
     * Where to redirect users after registration.
     *
     * @var string
     */
    protected $redirectTo = '/home';

    /**
     * Create a new controller instance.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function __construct()
    {
        $this->middleware('guest');
    }

    /**
     * Get a validator for an incoming registration request.
     *
     * @param  array  $data
     * @return \Illuminate\Contracts\Validation\Validator
     */
    protected function validator(array $data)
    {
        return Validator::make($data, [
            'name' => 'required|max:255',
            'email' => 'required|email|max:255|unique:users',
            'password' => 'required|min:6|confirmed',
        ]);
    }

    /**
     * Create a new user instance after a valid registration.
     *
     * @param  array  $data
     * @return User
     */
    protected function create(array $data)
    {
        return User::create([
            'name' => $data['name'],
            'email' => $data['email'],
            'password' => bcrypt($data['password']),
        ]);
    }

    public function redirectToTwitter()
    {
        return Socialite::driver('twitter')->redirect();
    }

    public function handleTwitterCallback()
    {
        try {
            $user = Socialite::driver('twitter')->user();
            
            $userModel = new User;
            $createdUser = $userModel->addNew($user);
            Auth::loginUsingId($createdUser->id);
            return redirect()->route('home');
        } catch (Exception $e) {
            return redirect('auth/facebook');
        }
    }
}

8. Login.blade.php

resources/views/auth/login.blade.php