Request auth types
Request auth types are used to parse the authentication information in the Authorization
header of the HTTP request. They are called by the $request->auth()
method internally.
You can create your own custom auth types by extending one of the existing types or the base Auth
class.
Extending an existing auth type
If your auth type shares some of its logic with an existing type, you can extend the class of that type:
You then have to register the new auth type with its name. For example for the Authorization: Custom-Token ...
header:
Extending the Auth
class
Alternatively, you can extend the Auth
class to implement a new auth type.
As before, you have to register the new auth type: