How to do authorization on a nested route in laravel?

@tressie.damore 

To authorize a nested route in Laravel, you can use middleware to determine if a user has access to the specific route. Here's how you can do it:

1. Create a new middleware by running the following command in your terminal:

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php artisan make:middleware CheckNestedRouteAuthorization

1. Open the newly created middleware file in the app/Http/Middleware directory and add the following code:

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namespace AppHttpMiddleware;

use Closure;

class CheckNestedRouteAuthorization
{
    public function handle($request, Closure $next)
    {
        // Add your authorization logic here
        if (!auth()->check() || !auth()->user()->hasAccessToNestedRoute()) {
            abort(403, 'Unauthorized');
        }

        return $next($request);
    }
}

1. Register the middleware in the $routeMiddleware array in the app/Http/Kernel.php file:

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protected $routeMiddleware = [
    // Other middleware...
    'nested.route' => AppHttpMiddlewareCheckNestedRouteAuthorization::class,
];

1. Apply the middleware to the nested route in your route file:

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Route::middleware(['auth', 'nested.route'])->group(function () {
    // Nested route definitions here
});

1. Implement the hasAccessToNestedRoute method in your User model or any other relevant model to define the authorization logic necessary to access the nested route.

By following these steps, you can set up authorization for a nested route in Laravel using middleware. This will restrict access to the nested route based on your custom authorization logic.