How can i redirect to login if user tries logout route directly

Question

Everything in this login is working fine but if a user tries logout route directly

localhost:8000/logout it shows the following error

i want a way so that i can redirect to login if the route is called directly, what could be the vest way for it.

Answer 1

define a route like this in your routes file. It is because only post method exist for logout.

Route::get('logout', function() {
   return redirect()->route('login');
});

Answer 2

A word of caution: As Laurel mentioned in this comments, using GET request for Logout is a bad idea, Read this discussion on StackOverflow before proceeding.

Where is the problem?

The error message is self explanatory.

The logout route doesn't support HTTP Method GET , but POST .

What is the solution?

You can define a GET route for logout , if you really wants to do it.

Route::get('logout', function() {
   // Do whatever you want to do with Logout
  Auth::logout(); // logout the user
  return redirect()->route('login'); // redirect the user to login page
});

Answer 3

Route::get('check_logout','ExampleController@check_logout');
Route::get('logout',function(){
    return redirect('login');
});