Run Middleware Before Controller's Constructor On Laravel 5.1? - php

Question

I have a middleware that authenticates a JWT user using tymon/jwt-auth package:
public function handle($request, \Closure $next)
{
if (! $token = $this->auth->setRequest($request)->getToken()) {
return $this->respond('tymon.jwt.absent', 'token_not_provided', 400);
}
try {
$user = $this->auth->authenticate($token);
} catch (TokenExpiredException $e) {
return $this->respond('tymon.jwt.expired', 'token_expired', $e->getStatusCode(), [$e]);
} catch (JWTException $e) {
return $this->respond('tymon.jwt.invalid', 'token_invalid', $e->getStatusCode(), [$e]);
}
if (! $user) {
return $this->respond('tymon.jwt.user_not_found', 'user_not_found', 404);
}
$this->events->fire('tymon.jwt.valid', $user);
return $next($request);
}
Then I have a controller and I want to pass the user from the middleware to the controller.
So I did on the controller:
public function __construct()
{
$this->user = \Auth::user();
}
The problem is that $this->user is null, but when I do this on a method of the controller, it's not null.
So:
public function __construct()
{
$this->user = \Auth::user();
}
public function index()
{
var_dump($this->user); // null
var_dump(\Auth::user()); // OK, not null
}
So the issue is that __construct is running before the middleware. How can I change that, or do you have another solution?
Update: I'm using dingo/api for routing, maybe it's an error on their side?

Answer 1

You should use the middleware(s) in the routes
Route::middleware('jwt.auth')->group(function() {
// your routes
});

Answer 2

1) Remove Your middleware from Your kernel's $middleware array
2) Put Your middleware to $routeMiddleware array with custom name jwt.auth:
protected $routeMiddleware = [
// ...
'jwt.auth' => 'App\Http\Middleware\YourAuthMiddleware'
];
2) Create BaseController in parent directory of needle controller, with function:
public function __construct() {
$this->middleware('jwt.auth');
}
3) Extend needle controller from BaseController
4) Make __construct function of needle controller to look like this:
public function __construct() {
parent::__construct();
$this->user = \Auth::user();
}