Laravel: Create middleware for Sociailite Auth - laravel

Question

I'm using JavaScript to receive an access token to the user facebook account.
When I get the token, I send a request to the server with the token to get information about the user using Socialite.
$user = Socialite::driver('facebook')->userFromToken($request->token);
return $user->getName();
Now I'm trying to group API calls that only authenticated user can make, for example /my-profile, my-data, etc...
The middleware purpose is to check if the user is authenticated for a group of API calls instead typing the same condition in all methods:
if ($user->getName()) {
...Execute...
}
Any idea how I can place the following condition for a list of routes for autehnticated users?
My condition is simple:
$user = Socialite::driver('facebook')->userFromToken($request->token);
if ($user->getName()) {
return true;
}
else { return false; }

Answer 1

Okay,
First create the middleware:
php artisan make:middleware name_of_your_middleware
After that, inside the middleware file that has been created:
public function handle($request, Closure $next)
{
$user = Socialite::driver('facebook')->userFromToken($request->token);
if ($user->getName()) {
return $next($request);
}
return redirect('some_other_route_for_error');
}
Then assign the middleware to the routes middelware in app/Http/Kernel.php
protected $routeMiddleware = [
//.......
'name_of_your_middleware' => \Illuminate\Auth\Middleware\Authenticate::class,
];
In your Route file (api.php):
Route::group(['middleware'=>['name_of_your_middleware']],function(){
//your routes
});
Hope it helps :)