Laravel Auth::check() is always failing - php

Question

I am building a ReactJS App with a Laravel 8.9.0 backend api. I am using the Laravel Auth functionality that creates a token and passes it to my front end app. I am able to log-in and create a token properly with a hash password etc. What I am not able to do is "Check Login" with the is_login method shown below in the controller. The Auth::check() is always failing, what am I doing wrong? Below are my controllers and routes api.php file. Please help!
Login Controller:
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
use App\Models\Users;
class LoginController extends Controller
{
public function login(Request $request) {
$login = $request->validate([
'email' => 'required:string',
'password' => 'required:string'
]);
if(!Auth::attempt($login)) {
return response([
'message' => 'Invalid Credentials'
]);
}
$accessToken = Auth::user()
->createToken('authToken')
->accessToken;
return response([
'user' => Auth::user(),
'access_token' => $accessToken
]);
}
public function is_login()
{
$is_login = false;
if (Auth::check()) {
$is_login = true;
}
return response()->json(['is_login' => $is_login]);
}
}
Routes api.php
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
Route::post('/login', 'App\Http\Controllers\LoginController#login');
Route::get('/login-check', 'App\Http\Controllers\LoginController#is_login');

Answer 1

To fix this problem you must pass the token into the header with every request:
In my ReactJS I did this on componentDidMount()
componentDidMount() {
try {
const config = {
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${mytoken}`
}
};
axios.get('/api/login-check',
{ key: "value" },
{ headers: config }
).then(
console.log('succ')
).catch(
console.log('err')
);
} catch (err) {
console.log('Error in submission', err)
}
}
and in my api I added the middleware to the check:
Route::middleware('auth:api')->get('/login-check', 'App\Http\Controllers\LoginController#is_login');