Email verification using Jetstream and mailtrap

Laravel Jetstream includes login, registration, email verification... When a new user clicks on the Sign up button of an app, he or she usually gets a confirmation email with an activation link.After the click on the activation link, the user is authenticated for the app.

1. First Enable email verification on config/fortify.php

'features' => [
    	...
		Features::emailVerification(),
	    ...
	],

2. Email setup on .env

Since our Laravel app will send a confirmation email, we need to set up the email configuration in the .env file. For email testing purposes, the dummy SMTP server provided by Mailtrap.io is the best option here. Besides, it’s a default SMTP driver in Laravel. All you need to do is sign up (a lifetime free trial is available) and add your credentials to .env, as follows:

MAIL_MAILER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=smtp.mailtrap.io
MAIL_PORT=2525
MAIL_USERNAME=<********> //Your Mailtrap username
MAIL_PASSWORD=<********> //Your Mailtrap password
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls

3. Set up email verification using the `MustVerifyEmail` contract

The Must Verify Email contract is a feature that allows you to send email verification in Laravel by adding a few lines of code to the following files:

App/User.php:

Implement the MustVerifyEmail contract in the User model:

<?php

namespace App;

use Illuminate\Notifications\Notifiable;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\MustVerifyEmail;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User as Authenticatable;

class User extends Authenticatable implements MustVerifyEmail
{
    use Notifiable;

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

    protected $hidden = [
        'password', 'remember_token',
    ];
}

Add routes/web.php

Add such routes as email/verify to the app:

Route::get('/', function () {
    return view('welcome');
});

Route::get('/email/verify', function () {
    return view('auth.verify-email');
})->middleware('auth')->name('verification.notice');