LaraSocial – Laravel Social Logins With User Role + Admin Panel

Introduction

Social login has become an essential feature for modern web applications. It allows users to login to your application using their existing social media accounts, such as Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Twitter, and many more. Laravel, being a popular PHP framework, has several social login packages that can help you achieve this. LaraSocial is one such package that provides a simple and easy-to-use interface for social logins, user roles, and an admin panel. In this tutorial, we will go through the process of setting up and using LaraSocial in a Laravel application.

Step 1: Installation

To install LaraSocial, you can use the following command in your terminal:

composer require larakit/larasocial

This will install the LaraSocial package and its dependencies.

Step 2: Configuration

Once installed, you need to configure LaraSocial by publishing its configuration file. Run the following command:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="LarakitLaraSocialLaraSocialServiceProvider"

This will publish the configuration file config/larasocial.php. Open this file and configure the social media providers you want to use. For example, to use Facebook login, you can add the following settings:

'facebook' => [
    'client_id' => 'your_facebook_client_id',
    'client_secret' => 'your_facebook_client_secret',
    'redirect' => 'http://localhost:8000/login/facebook/callback',
],

Step 3: Route Configuration

Create a new route for social login using the following code:

Route::prefix('login')->name('login.')->group(function () {
    Route::get('{provider}/redirect', 'LaraSocialController@redirect')->name('{provider}.redirect');
    Route::get('{provider}/callback', 'LaraSocialController@callback')->name('{provider}.callback');
});

This code creates routes for social login redirection and callback.

Step 4: Login Controller

Create a new controller LaraSocialController and add the following methods:

use AppHttpControllersController;
use LarakitLaraSocialFacadesLaraSocial;

class LaraSocialController extends Controller
{
    public function redirect($provider)
    {
        return LaraSocial::redirect($provider);
    }

    public function callback($provider)
    {
        return LaraSocial::callback($provider);
    }
}

These methods handle the social login redirection and callback.

Step 5: Admin Panel

LaraSocial provides an admin panel to manage user roles and permissions. To access the admin panel, go to http://localhost:8000/admin and log in using your Laravel administrator credentials.

Step 6: User Role

LaraSocial provides user roles out of the box. You can manage user roles by going to http://localhost:8000/admin/roles in your admin panel. You can create, edit, and delete user roles, as well as assign users to roles.

Step 7: Logout

To implement logout functionality, you can use the following code in your LogoutController:

public function logout()
{
    Auth::logout();
    return redirect()->route('login');
}

This code logs out the user and redirects them to the login page.

Step 8: Displaying User Role

To display the user role, you can use the following code in your blade template:

@if(auth()->user()->role->name == 'admin')
    You are an admin.
@endif

This code checks if the logged-in user is an admin and displays the corresponding message.

That's it! You have now successfully set up LaraSocial in your Laravel application. You can add more social media providers and user roles as needed.

Conclusion

LaraSocial is a powerful and easy-to-use package for social logins, user roles, and an admin panel. By following this tutorial, you can quickly integrate social login functionality into your Laravel application and provide a seamless user experience.