Laravel forget email API

https://blog.nasrulhazim.com/2017/01/reset-your-password-from-api/?utm_source=learninglaravel.net

Reset and Update Password from API

Setup API endpoints

Route::post('password/email', 'Auth\ForgotPasswordController@getResetToken');
Route::post('password/reset', 'Auth\ResetPasswordController@reset');

Get Reset Token

You may see the details of the controller here

API Endpoint

protocol:://domain/password/email

API Headers

Accept  application/json

API Method

POST

API Parameters

email [your-email-address]

API Response

{
  "data": {
    "token": "770f6138f62a5da086881a4bf8799e7d7fc3fc60d30e6f35ad58e4f9496fd597"
  },
  "message": ""
}

Update Password

You may see the controller details here

API Endpoint

protocol:://domain/password/reset

API Headers

Accept  application/json

API Method

POST

API Parameters

email [your-email-address]
password [new-password]
password_confirmation [retype-new-password]
token [the-token-you-get-from-previous-one]

API Response

{
  "data": null,
  "message": "Your password has been reset!"
}

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	<?php
	Route::post('password/email', 'Auth\ForgotPasswordController@getResetToken');
	Route::post('password/reset', 'Auth\ResetPasswordController@reset');

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	<?php
	namespace App\Http\Controllers\Auth;
	use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
	use App\Transformers\Json;
	use App\User;
	use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\SendsPasswordResetEmails;
	use Illuminate\Http\Request;
	class ForgotPasswordController extends Controller
	{
	/*
	|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
	| Password Reset Controller
	|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
	|
	| This controller is responsible for handling password reset emails and
	| includes a trait which assists in sending these notifications from
	| your application to your users. Feel free to explore this trait.
	|
	*/
	use SendsPasswordResetEmails;
	/**
	* Create a new controller instance.
	*
	* @return void
	*/
	public function __construct()
	{
	$this->middleware('guest');
	}
	/**
	* Send a reset link to the given user.
	*
	* @param \Illuminate\Http\Request $request
	* @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
	*/
	public function getResetToken(Request $request)
	{
	$this->validate($request, ['email' => 'required|email']);
	if ($request->wantsJson()) {
	$user = User::where('email', $request->input('email'))->first();
	if (!$user) {
	return response()->json(Json::response(null, trans('passwords.user')), 400);
	}
	$token = $this->broker()->createToken($user);
	return response()->json(Json::response(['token' => $token]));
	}
	}
	}

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	<?php
	namespace App\Transformers;
	class Json
	{
	public static function response($data = null, $message = null)
	{
	return [
	'data' => $data,
	'message' => $message,
	];
	}
	}

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	<?php
	namespace App\Http\Controllers\Auth;
	use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
	use App\Transformers\Json;
	use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\ResetsPasswords;
	use Illuminate\Http\Request;
	use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Password;
	class ResetPasswordController extends Controller
	{
	/*
	|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
	| Password Reset Controller
	|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
	|
	| This controller is responsible for handling password reset requests
	| and uses a simple trait to include this behavior. You're free to
	| explore this trait and override any methods you wish to tweak.
	|
	*/
	use ResetsPasswords;
	/**
	* Create a new controller instance.
	*
	* @return void
	*/
	public function __construct()
	{
	$this->middleware('guest');
	}
	/**
	* Reset the given user's password.
	*
	* @param \Illuminate\Http\Request $request
	* @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
	*/
	public function reset(Request $request)
	{
	$this->validate($request, $this->rules(), $this->validationErrorMessages());
	// Here we will attempt to reset the user's password. If it is successful we
	// will update the password on an actual user model and persist it to the
	// database. Otherwise we will parse the error and return the response.
	$response = $this->broker()->reset(
	$this->credentials($request), function ($user, $password) {
	$this->resetPassword($user, $password);
	}
	);
	if ($request->wantsJson()) {
	if ($response == Password::PASSWORD_RESET) {
	return response()->json(Json::response(null, trans('passwords.reset')));
	} else {
	return response()->json(Json::response($request->input('email'), trans($response), 202));
	}
	}
	// If the password was successfully reset, we will redirect the user back to
	// the application's home authenticated view. If there is an error we can
	// redirect them back to where they came from with their error message.
	return $response == Password::PASSWORD_RESET
	? $this->sendResetResponse($response)
	: $this->sendResetFailedResponse($request, $response);
	}
	}