Unable to add custom claim in Tymon JWT - php

Question

I'm using Tymon JWT to generate my token in Laravel. I have followed the guide in Tymon's github site carefully to add my custom claims like so:
$customClaims = ['foo' => 'bar', 'baz' => 'bob'];
JWTAuth::attempt($credentials, $customClaims);
I managed to generate a token after authenticating the user, but when I decode the token with JWT decoder, I only see the default claims, but not my custom claim.

Answer 1

You are using Tymon JWT version 1.0.0 maybe?
From Github Tymon JWT
For version 0.5.* See the WIKI for documentation.
Documentation for 1.0.0 is coming soon, but there is an unfinished guide here
Use
JWTAuth::customClaims(['foo' => 'bar'])->attempt(['login' => '', 'password' => '']);

Answer 2

You can using:
$store = [
'id' => 1,
'name' => 'Store1'
];
$token = JWTAuth::customClaims(['store' => $store])->fromUser($user);
And get info:
$storeData = JWTAuth::getPayload()->get('store');

Answer 3

I was able to add custom claims by putting them the getJWTCustomClaims method on my JWTSubject.
Example: if you want to specify a guard for your user class and put that information inside the token, you do the following :
use Tymon\JWTAuth\Contracts\JWTSubject;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User as Authenticatable;
class User extends Authenticatable implements JWTSubject
{
/**
* #return mixed
*/
public function getJWTIdentifier()
{
return $this->getKey();
}
/**
* #return array
*/
public function getJWTCustomClaims()
{
return [
'guard' => 'admins', // my custom claim, add as many as you like
];
}
}
Be aware not to add too many custom claims because they will increase the size of the token.
Here is the version of Tymon-jwt that i use : "tymon/jwt-auth": "dev-develop#f72b8eb as 1.0.0-rc.3.2"
Hope this helps