* Handle a login request to the application.
* @param \Illuminate\Http\Request $request
* @return \Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse|\Illuminate\Http\Response|\Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse
* @throws \Illuminate\Validation\ValidationException
public function login(Request $request)
$this->validateLogin($request);
// If the class is using the ThrottlesLogins trait, we can automatically throttle
// the login attempts for this application. We'll key this by the username and
// the IP address of the client making these requests into this application.
if (method_exists($this, 'hasTooManyLoginAttempts') &&
$this->hasTooManyLoginAttempts($request)) {
$this->fireLockoutEvent($request);
return $this->sendLockoutResponse($request);
if ($this->attemptLogin($request)) {
if ($request->hasSession()) {
$request->session()->put('auth.password_confirmed_at', time());
return $this->sendLoginResponse($request);
// If the login attempt was unsuccessful we will increment the number of attempts
// to login and redirect the user back to the login form. Of course, when this
// user surpasses their maximum number of attempts they will get locked out.
$this->incrementLoginAttempts($request);
return $this->sendFailedLoginResponse($request);