session doesn't work in laravel API?

Question

I have been working with session in web controllers but never tried in api controllers.I want session works in api controllers.

here is my method in Api/TestController

public function setSession(Request $request){
  //   session()->put('hellos','rfer');
    if(session()->has('hellos')){
        return response()->json(true);
    }
    else{
        return response()->json(false);
    }
}

if I comment session->put().. The method return false.

Then I tried to register in Kernel.php like that

  'api' => [
        'throttle:60,1',
        'bindings',
        \Illuminate\Session\Middleware\StartSession::class,
    ],

But I still don't get what i want. I want to set the session value from api controller for all routes of my project.

Possible duplicate of [Laravel 5.3 - How to add Sessions to \`API\` without CSRF?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39605289/laravel-5-3-how-to-add-sessions-to-api-without-csrf) — Asur, Aug 14 '17 at 10:17
@Asur I just want to set session value for all routes from API controller. — Yan Myo Aung, Aug 14 '17 at 10:19
Did you try to access it with the request variable? `$request->session()->put('hellos','rfer');` — aaron0207, Aug 14 '17 at 10:26
Does your front-end on the same domain with your backend, Session will not work with the API Call if the front-end on different domain — Ali Al-Estarbadee, Aug 14 '17 at 10:47
Is the `api` middleware applied to the route for that controller/method? — Don't Panic, Aug 14 '17 at 11:13
Actually, possible duplicate of https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48399875/laravel-5-5-sessions-not-working/48402333#48402333 — Néstor, Feb 11 '22 at 18:41

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 14 '19 at 10:41

They do work. See this thread.

After updating Kernel.php with below code, delete all registered sessions from session driver (whether it's file, database, redis, etc) and browse your app again.

'api' => [
    \App\Http\Middleware\EncryptCookies::class,
    \Illuminate\Session\Middleware\StartSession::class,
    ....
],

session doesn't work in laravel API?

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