Middleware groups in Laravel - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to define a middleware group named 'web' in Laravel.

Laravel

protected $middlewareGroups = [
    'web' => [
        [1]
    ],
];

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A'auth',

B'api',

C'throttle:60,1',

D\App\Http\Middleware\EncryptCookies::class,

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Common Mistakes

Using 'auth' which is for authentication, not cookie encryption.

Confusing 'api' group middleware with 'web' group.

The 'web' middleware group typically includes 'EncryptCookies' to handle cookie encryption.

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medium

Complete the code to add the 'throttle' middleware to the 'api' middleware group.

Laravel

protected $middlewareGroups = [
    'api' => [
        [1]
    ],
];

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A'web',

B'auth',

C'throttle:60,1',

D'EncryptCookies',

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using 'auth' which is for authentication, not rate limiting.

Adding 'web' middleware inside 'api' group.

The 'throttle:60,1' middleware limits API requests to 60 per minute.

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hard

Fix the error in the middleware group definition by completing the missing middleware name.

Laravel

protected $middlewareGroups = [
    'web' => [
        \App\Http\Middleware\[1]::class,
    ],
];

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AAuthenticate

BEncryptCookies

CVerifyCsrfToken

DThrottleRequests

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Common Mistakes

Using 'Authenticate' which is for auth, not cookie encryption.

Using 'ThrottleRequests' which is for rate limiting.

The 'EncryptCookies' middleware class is part of the default 'web' group to encrypt cookies.

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hard

Fill both blanks to add 'auth' and 'verified' middleware to the 'web' group.

Laravel

protected $middlewareGroups = [
    'web' => [
        [1],
        [2],
    ],
];

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A'auth',

B'verified',

C'throttle:60,1',

D'guest',

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using 'guest' which is for unauthenticated users.

Adding 'throttle' which is for API rate limiting.

The 'auth' middleware ensures users are authenticated, and 'verified' ensures email verification.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to define a custom middleware group 'admin' with 'auth', 'verified', and 'is_admin'.

Laravel

protected $middlewareGroups = [
    'admin' => [
        [1],
        [2],
        [3],
    ],
];

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A'auth',

B'verified',

C'is_admin',

D'guest',

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Including 'guest' which is for unauthenticated users.

Missing the 'is_admin' middleware for admin access.

The 'admin' group requires users to be authenticated, verified, and have admin rights.