This is a detailed guide how to implement Facebook login on your Laravel project.

If you are just starting, create new laravel project,

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Next you need to set up database, create .env file ( with credentials to your database ) and start by running following commands:

php artisan migrate
composer require laravel/socialite
composer require doctrine/dbal

Open config/app.php and add these 2 lines to appropriate sections:

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

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

You can add these as the last items. Next open config/services.php and add in credentials from your facebook application. If you don’t have one yet, create it here https://developers.facebook.com/

'facebook' => [
        'client_id' => env('FACEBOOK_CLIENT_ID'),
        'client_secret' => env('FACEBOOK_CLIENT_SECRET'),
        'redirect' => env('FACEBOOK_CALLBACK_URL')
]

And add these to your .env file. Example given:

FACEBOOK_CLIENT_ID=38268********
FACEBOOK_CLIENT_SECRET=6f8de45093*********
FACEBOOK_CALLBACK_URL=https://laravel.test/auth/facebook/callback

Next we need to make minor changes in database, so run:

php artisan make:migration facebook

and edit the newly created file in database/migrations/***_facebook.php Change it like this

<?php
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;

class Facebook extends Migration
{
    /**
     * Run the migrations.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function up()
    {
        Schema::table("users", function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->string('facebook_id');
            $table->string('password', 255)->nullable(true)->change();
        });
    }

    /**
     * Reverse the migrations.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function down()
    {
        Schema::table("users", function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->dropColumn('facebook_id');
        });
    }
}

– thrugh this we have added new column to users table called ‘facebook_id’ and more importantly, we have changed existing ‘password’ column to be nullable. Without this, it wouldn’t work.

You can execute these changes now

php artisan:migrate

Almost there!
Edit app/User.php add facebook_id into list of editable fields, e.g.

protected $fillable = [
        'name', 'email', 'password', 'facebook_id'
];

And add a new function

public function addNew($input)
    {
        $check = static::where('facebook_id',$input['facebook_id'])->first();


        if(is_null($check)){
            return static::create($input);
        }


        return $check;
}

Which we will use in a moment. Next step update routes/web.php by adding following few lines

Route::get('facebook', function () {
    return view('facebook');
});
Route::get('auth/facebook', 'Auth\FacebookController@redirectToFacebook');
Route::get('auth/facebook/callback', 'Auth\FacebookController@handleFacebookCallback');

And last step ahead – create facebook controller.

php artisan make:controller Auth/FacebookController

change it to following

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers\Auth;

use App\User;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use Socialite;
use Exception;
use Auth;

class FacebookController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * Create a new controller instance.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function redirectToFacebook()
    {
        return Socialite::driver('facebook')->redirect();
    }
    
    /**
     * Create a new controller instance.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function handleFacebookCallback()
    {
        try {
            $user = Socialite::driver('facebook')->user();
            $create['name'] = $user->getName();
            $create['email'] = $user->getEmail();
            $create['facebook_id'] = $user->getId();

            $userModel = new User;
            $createdUser = $userModel->addNew($create);
            Auth::loginUsingId($createdUser->id);

            return redirect('/u/');

        } catch (Exception $e) {
            return redirect('auth/facebook');
        }
    }
}

And that’s it! It’s done – you are a guru! Now just open any template where you want a login button and link to /auth/facebook page on your site. Upon successful authorization you will be redirected back to landing page, but you will be authorized now.

You can even update web.php to have your own “logged in only zone”, for example:

Route::get('/', 'PageController@welcome');
Route::get('login', 'PageController@login')->name('login');
Route::get('auth/facebook', 'Auth\FacebookController@redirectToFacebook');
Route::get('auth/facebook/callback', 'Auth\FacebookController@handleFacebookCallback');

Route::group(['middleware' => 'auth', 'prefix' => 'u'], function () {
    Route::get('/', 'LoggedInController@home');

});

And everything under /u/* url is for authorized users only.