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Multi-User Authentication with Laravel Breeze and Inertia

#laravel #breeze #inertia #react

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1. Introduction

In this example, you will learn how to implement multi-authentication in laravel 8 and laravel breeze (inertia).

2. Package version

  • Laravel v8.x
  • Laravel breeze v1.4

3. Project setup

3.1. Laravel Installation

We would be using composer to install our new laravel package Laravel installation via composer.
If composer is not installed, install composer here.

composer create-project laravel/laravel example-app

cd example-app
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3.2. Laravel Breeze installation

Now in the project's root directory we would install breeze Laravel Breeze

composer require laravel/breeze --dev
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For this project I would be using React, but you can use Vue if you want to.

php artisan breeze:install vue

// Or...

php artisan breeze:install react

npm install
npm run dev
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Don't forget to create a database and include the details of the database in the .env file at the root directory

// fill all details
DB_CONNECTION=mysql 
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=""
DB_DATABASE=laravel
DB_USERNAME=""
DB_PASSWORD=
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then run

php artisan migrate
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4. Creating Multiple User Views or Dashboard

In this section we would be creating different views to route our different authenticated users to.

  • AdminDashboard.js
  • GuestDashboard.js
  • UserDashboard.js
  • Dashboard.js (The default dashboard created by breeze)

AdminDashboard.js

resources/js/Pages/AdminDashboard.js


import React from "react";
import Authenticated from "@/Layouts/Authenticated";
import { Head } from "@inertiajs/inertia-react";

export default function AdminDashboard(props) {
  return (
    <Authenticated
      auth={props.auth}
      errors={props.errors}
      header={
        <h2 className="text-xl font-semibold leading-tight text-gray-800">
          Admin Dashboard
        </h2>
      }
    >
      <Head title="Admin Dashboard" />

      <div className="py-12">
        <div className="mx-auto max-w-7xl sm:px-6 lg:px-8">
          <div className="overflow-hidden bg-white shadow-sm sm:rounded-lg">
            <div className="p-6 bg-white border-b border-gray-200">
              You're logged in as Admin!
            </div>
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
    </Authenticated>
  );
}
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GuestDashboard.js

resources/js/Pages/GuestDashboard.js


import React from "react";
import Authenticated from "@/Layouts/Authenticated";
import { Head } from "@inertiajs/inertia-react";

export default function GuestDashboard(props) {
  return (
    <Authenticated
      auth={props.auth}
      errors={props.errors}
      header={
        <h2 className="text-xl font-semibold leading-tight text-gray-800">
          Guest Dashboard
        </h2>
      }
    >
      <Head title="Dashboard" />

      <div className="py-12">
        <div className="mx-auto max-w-7xl sm:px-6 lg:px-8">
          <div className="overflow-hidden bg-white shadow-sm sm:rounded-lg">
            <div className="p-6 bg-white border-b border-gray-200">
              You're logged in as Guest!
            </div>
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
    </Authenticated>
  );
}
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UserDashboard

resources/js/Pages/UserDashboard.js


import React from "react";
import Authenticated from "@/Layouts/Authenticated";
import { Head } from "@inertiajs/inertia-react";

export default function Dashboard(props) {
  return (
    <Authenticated
      auth={props.auth}
      errors={props.errors}
      header={
        <h2 className="text-xl font-semibold leading-tight text-gray-800">
          User Dashboard
        </h2>
      }
    >
      <Head title="Dashboard" />

      <div className="py-12">
        <div className="mx-auto max-w-7xl sm:px-6 lg:px-8">
          <div className="overflow-hidden bg-white shadow-sm sm:rounded-lg">
            <div className="p-6 bg-white border-b border-gray-200">
              You're logged in as User!
            </div>
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
    </Authenticated>
  );
}
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Dashboard (The default dashboard created by breeze)

resources/js/Pages/Dashboard.js


import React from "react";
import Authenticated from "@/Layouts/Authenticated";
import { Head } from "@inertiajs/inertia-react";

export default function Dashboard(props) {
  return (
    <Authenticated
      auth={props.auth}
      errors={props.errors}
      header={
        <h2 className="text-xl font-semibold leading-tight text-gray-800">
          Default dashboard from Dashboard Breeze //edit here
        </h2>
      }
    >
      <Head title="Dashboard" />

      <div className="py-12">
        <div className="mx-auto max-w-7xl sm:px-6 lg:px-8">
          <div className="overflow-hidden bg-white shadow-sm sm:rounded-lg">
            <div className="p-6 bg-white border-b border-gray-200">
              You're logged in as User (Default dashboard from breeze)! //edit here
            </div>
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
    </Authenticated>
  );
}
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5. Creating multiple user roles in the database

5.1. Editing the users migration table

we are going to create a role column in the users table.

database/migrations/create_users_table.php


public function up()
    {
        Schema::create('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->id();
            $table->string('name');
            $table->string('role'); //here
            $table->string('email')->unique();
            $table->timestamp('email_verified_at')->nullable();
            $table->string('password');
            $table->rememberToken();
            $table->timestamps();
        });
    }
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then run php artisan migrate:refresh.

5.2. Editing the registration page 

resources/js/Pages/Auth/Register.js


export default function Register() {
  const { data, setData, post, processing, errors, reset } = useForm({
    name: "",
    email: "",
    role: "", // make sure this is present
    password: "",
    password_confirmation: "",
  });

  ....

  return (

        ....

        // put this after the email
        <div className="mt-4">
          <Label forInput="role" value="Role" />

          <select
            name="role" /* make sure this and data.role is the same */
            id="role"
            className="block w-full mt-1 rounded-md"
            onChange={onHandleChange}
          >
            <option value="user">User</option>
            <option value="admin">Admin</option>
            <option value="guest">Guest</option>
          </select>
        </div>

    .... 
  );
}
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5.3. Editing the registration controller 

app/Http/Controllers/Auth/RegisteredUserController.php


public function store(Request $request)
    {
        $request->validate([
            'name' => 'required|string|max:255',
            'email' => 'required|string|email|max:255|unique:users',
            'role' => 'required|string', //edit here
            'password' => ['required', 'confirmed', Rules\Password::defaults()],
        ]);

        $user = User::create([
            'name' => $request->name,
            'email' => $request->email,
            'role' => $request->role //edit here
        ]);
    }
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5.4. Editing the user model 

app/Models/User.php


 protected $fillable = [
        'name',
        'email',
        'password',
        'role' //edit here
    ];
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6. Multi-User Authentication (main-section)

6.1. Creating a middleware

Run the command php artisan make:middleware CheckRole

app/Http/Middleware/CheckRole.php


public function handle(Request $request, Closure $next, string $role)
    {
        if ($role == 'admin' && auth()->user()->role != 'admin' ) {
            abort(403);
        }
        if ($role == 'user' && auth()->user()->role != 'user' ) {
            abort(403);
        }
        if ($role == 'guest' && auth()->user()->role != 'guest' ) {
            abort(403);
        }
        return $next($request);
    }
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6.2. Registering the middleware at the kernel 

app/Http/Kernel.php


protected $routeMiddleware = [
        'auth' => \App\Http\Middleware\Authenticate::class,
        'auth.basic' => \Illuminate\Auth\Middleware\AuthenticateWithBasicAuth::class,
        'cache.headers' => \Illuminate\Http\Middleware\SetCacheHeaders::class,
        'can' => \Illuminate\Auth\Middleware\Authorize::class,
        'guest' => \App\Http\Middleware\RedirectIfAuthenticated::class,
        'password.confirm' => \Illuminate\Auth\Middleware\RequirePassword::class,
        'signed' => \Illuminate\Routing\Middleware\ValidateSignature::class,
        'throttle' => \Illuminate\Routing\Middleware\ThrottleRequests::class,
        'verified' => \Illuminate\Auth\Middleware\EnsureEmailIsVerified::class,
        'checkRole' => \App\Http\Middleware\CheckRole::class, //edit here
    ];
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6.3. Redirecting users if authenticated

Create a controller

Run php artisan make:controller Auth/RedirectAuthenticatedUsersController

app/Http/Controllers/Auth/RedirectAuthenticatedUsersController.php


class RedirectAuthenticatedUsersController extends Controller
{
    public function home()
    {
        if (auth()->user()->role == 'admin') {
            return redirect('/adminDashboard');
        }
        elseif(auth()->user()->role == 'user'){
            return redirect('/userDashboard');
        }
        elseif(auth()->user()->role == 'guest'){
            return redirect('/guestDashboard');
        }
        else{
            return auth()->logout();
        }
    }
}
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Edit the Route service provider 

app/Providers/RouteServiceProvider.php


public const HOME = "/redirectAuthenticatedUsers"; //edit here
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6.4. Configuring routes 

routes/web.php


/* Delete this
Route::get('/dashboard', function () {
    return Inertia::render('Dashboard');
})->middleware(['auth', 'verified'])->name('dashboard'); 
*/

Route::group(['middleware' => 'auth'], function() {
    Route::inertia('/dashboard', 'Dashboard')->name('dashboard');

    Route::get("/redirectAuthenticatedUsers", [RedirectAuthenticatedUsersController::class, "home"]);

    Route::group(['middleware' => 'checkRole:admin'], function() {
        Route::inertia('/adminDashboard', 'AdminDashboard')->name('adminDashboard');
    });
    Route::group(['middleware' => 'checkRole:user'], function() {
        Route::inertia('/userDashboard', 'UserDashboard')->name('userDashboard');
    });
    Route::group(['middleware' => 'checkRole:guest'], function() {
        Route::inertia('/guestDashboard', 'GuestDashboard')->name('guestDashboard');
    });
});
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Make sure you import

use App\Http\Controllers\Auth\RedirectAuthenticatedUsersController;
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We are directly rendering the components in the file, but you can create a controller and render the components there, check example.

7. Conclusion

check the code from Github

8. Acknowledgements

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