Steps to initiate JWT in a project:

composer require php-open-source-saver/jwt-auth php artisan vendor:publish --provider="PHPOpenSourceSaver\JWTAuth\Providers\LaravelServiceProvider" php artisan jwt:secret

Modify config/auth.php, default guard can be modified as well but not necessary. Auth('api') can be used instead of modifying. 'guards' => [ 'web' => [ 'driver' => 'session', 'provider' => 'users', ],

    'api' => [
            'driver' => 'jwt',
            'provider' => 'users',
    ],

],

Update user model:

namespace App\Models; use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\MustVerifyEmail; use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory; use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User as Authenticatable; use Illuminate\Notifications\Notifiable; use PHPOpenSourceSaver\JWTAuth\Contracts\JWTSubject;

class User extends Authenticatable implements JWTSubject { use HasFactory, Notifiable;

/**
 * The attributes that are mass assignable.
 *
 * @var array<int, string>
 */
protected $fillable = [
    'name',
    'email',
    'password',
];

/**
 * The attributes that should be hidden for serialization.
 *
 * @var array<int, string>
 */
protected $hidden = [
    'password',
    'remember_token',
];

/**
 * The attributes that should be cast.
 *
 * @var array<string, string>
 */
protected $casts = [
    'email_verified_at' => 'datetime',
];

 /**
 * Get the identifier that will be stored in the subject claim of the JWT.
 *
 * @return mixed
 */
public function getJWTIdentifier()
{
    return $this->getKey();
}

/**
 * Return a key value array, containing any custom claims to be added to the JWT.
 *
 * @return array
 */
public function getJWTCustomClaims()
{
    return [];
}

}

Ready to go!