Creating Custom Authentication in Laravel - php

Question

i have project which is developed in core php .Now i have created few api in that
I am able to get all data in laravel but now i have bit problem with login authentication .
public function postLogin(Request $request) {
// print_r($request->all());
$data['email']=$request->email;
$data['password']=$request->password;
$response= ApiModel::userLogin($data);
// Auth::login($response[0]);
// Auth::loginUsingId($response[0]->id);
echo "<pre>";
print_r($response[0]);
}
I am trying to create authentication session but its giving error. i have tried following methods but it seems to be not working
Auth::login($response[0]);
Auth::loginUsingId($response[0]->id);
Can any one help me how to keep user session using api
Error
ErrorException in SessionGuard.php line 408: Argument 1 passed to
Illuminate\Auth\SessionGuard::login() must be an instance of
Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Authenticatable, instance of stdClass given,
called in
D:\xampp\htdocs\collab\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Auth\AuthManager.php
on line 294 and defined

Answer 1

you can use Auth::attempt(['fieldname'=>'value','someother'=>'anothervalue']);

Answer 2

You need to define the correct auth guard information in config/auth.php. The Auth::login() method expects you to pass a User model instance by default and this model should implement Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Authenticatable.
You should set the default guard provider to use database driver instead of eloquent and set the correct table name. You can then use Auth::loginUsingId() to login a user using their id.
But if you do not want to connect your database to Laravel then just rely on the API response and perform your action based on that. You cannot force an authenticated session this way.