laravel-ajax-middleware

A middleware for laravel which allows only ajax requests

1. In a new/fresh install of laravel

$ php artisan make:middleware ViaAjax

2. Go to Middleware/ViaAjax.php and add your ajax.php or:

<?php

namespace App\Http\Middleware;

use Closure;

class ViaAjax
{
    /**
     * Handle an incoming request.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
     * @param  \Closure  $next
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function handle($request, Closure $next)
    {
      if (!$request->ajax()) {
        return response('Forbidden', 403);
      }

      return $next($request);
    }
}

3. Update App\Kernel.php:

  protected $routeMiddleware = [
         ...
        'ajax' => \App\Http\Middleware\ViaAjax::class,
    ];

4. Use the Ajax Middleware properly:

Route::group(['middleware' => 'ajax'], function () {
   /* Here goes routes only accesible via ajax */  
});