using GET in Laravel API routes

Question

I'm trying to set up a Laravel API but somehow every time I try to use get I get the following error: Session store not set on request.

It works when I place it out side of the (api) middleware but in that case no authentication would be needed. With post it works perfectly but somehow when I use get I keep getting the error.

This what I have in my routes/api.php:

Route::middleware('auth:api')->group(function () {
    Route::get('/test', function (Request $request) {
        return 'test';
    });
});

PHP version: 7.2.9

Laravel version: 5.6.17

Homestead version: 6.3.0

This is specificly in the auth:api middleware which makes it different from

Laravel - Session store not set on request

Possible duplicate of [Laravel - Session store not set on request](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34449770/laravel-session-store-not-set-on-request) — handlerFive, Sep 14 '18 at 11:16
just fully read my question and you'll see its slighty different, so instead of marking mine as a duplicate you should read again — Paul Roefs, Sep 14 '18 at 11:39
If you could read the second comment on my answer, you would have found the solution. — handlerFive, Sep 14 '18 at 11:42
my original post was specific to GET requests (and still is), I didn't change it much, your solution was basicly to set is as a non-api route — Paul Roefs, Sep 14 '18 at 11:46
"You are not setting the MiddleWare 'Illuminate\Session\Middleware\StartSession', this could be a cause for this error" my second comment. — handlerFive, Sep 14 '18 at 11:48
that answer is correct but its a different answer, I cannot mark a comment as the correct answer, there is no reason to report my post as a duplicate and downvoting me — Paul Roefs, Sep 14 '18 at 11:51

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 14 '18 at 08:58

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Use the web middleware if you need session state, CSRF protection, and more...

Route::group(['middleware' => ['web']], function () {
    // your routes here
});

answered Sep 14 '18 at 08:58

handlerFive

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the problem with that is that the authentication is no longer needed – Paul Roefs Sep 14 '18 at 09:06
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You are not setting the MiddleWare 'Illuminate\Session\Middleware\StartSession', this could be a cause for this error. – handlerFive Sep 14 '18 at 09:10
to add authentication add 'auth:api' to the middleware – Paul Roefs Sep 14 '18 at 09:22
@PaulRoefs you stated "authentication is no longer needed". – handlerFive Sep 14 '18 at 09:24
no, I stated it wasn't needed with your code, which means you can access the page without authentication. That's not something you'd want for an API. – Paul Roefs Sep 14 '18 at 09:28

Paul Roefs · Answer 2 · 2018-09-14T11:55:21.857

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I found that I have to include StartSession in $middlewareGroups in my App\Kernel.php solved my problem

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

edited Sep 14 '18 at 11:55

answered Sep 14 '18 at 11:29

Paul Roefs

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using GET in Laravel API routes

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