Target [Laravel\Socialite\Contracts\Factory] is not instantiable

Question

I am using laravel lumen 5.2.

Target [Laravel\Socialite\Contracts\Factory] is not instantiable.

I came across this error when trying to get Laravel to login with Twitter using the Socialite package.

Work already done:

A) In config\app.php 1. Laravel\Socialite\SocialiteServiceProvider::class 2. 'Socialite' => Laravel\Socialite\Facades\Socialite::class

I followed this : http://goodheads.io/2015/08/24/using-twitter-authentication-for-login-in-laravel-5/

Answer 1

You would need to add the following in config/app.php

In providers add this

Laravel\Socialite\SocialiteServiceProvider::class

In aliases add this

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

Answer 2

What helped me is writing

use Socialite;

in the controller (just the alias, not the full path). And then running

php artisan config:clear

in the terminal.

Answer 3

For me, it was to add $app->register( \Laravel\Socialite\SocialiteServiceProvider::class); to app.php in the bootstrap folder, using Lumen 5.6.