Socialite

Installation

composer require laravel/socialite

This installation assumes you’re using Composer for managing your dependencies with Laravel, which is a great way to deal with it.

Configuration

In your config\services.php you can add the following code

'facebook' => [
    'client_id' => 'your-facebook-app-id',
    'client_secret' => 'your-facebook-app-secret',
    'redirect' => 'https://your-callback-url',
],

You’ll also need to add the Provider to your config\app.php

Look for 'providers' => [] array and, at the end of it, add the following

'providers' => [
      ...
  
      Laravel\Socialite\SocialiteServiceProvider::class,
]

A Facade is also provided with the package. If you would like to make usage of it make sure that the aliases array (also in your config\app.php) has the following code

'aliases' => [
    ....
    'Socialite' => Laravel\Socialite\Facades\Socialite::class,
]

Basic Usage - Facade

return Socialite::driver('facebook')->redirect();

This will redirect an incoming request to the appropriate URL to be authenticated. A basic example would be in a controller

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers\Auth;

use Socialite;

class AuthenticationController extends Controller {

    /**
     * Redirects the User to the Facebook page to get authorization.
     *
     * @return Response
     */
    public function facebook() {
        return Socialite::driver('facebook')->redirect();
    }

}

make sure your app\Http\routes.php file has a route to allow an incoming request here.

Route::get('facebook', 'App\Http\Controllers\Auth\AuthenticationController@facebook');

Basic Usage - Dependency Injection

/**
 * LoginController constructor.
 * @param Socialite $socialite
 */
public function __construct(Socialite $socialite) {
    $this->socialite = $socialite;
}

Within the constructor of your Controller, you’re now able to inject the Socialite class that will help you handle login with social networks. This will replace the usage of the Facade.

/**
 * Redirects the User to the Facebook page to get authorization.
 *
 * @return Response
 */
public function facebook() {
    return $this->socialite->driver('facebook')->redirect();
}

Socialite for API - Stateless

public function facebook() {
    return $this->socialite->driver('facebook')->stateless()->redirect()->getTargetUrl();
}

This will return the URL that the consumer of the API must provide to the end user to get authorization from Facebook.