Laravel get user id in unprotected route

Question

I am using Laravel guard to to protect routes, now I want to get user id in unprotected (common) routes, for example:

Protected:

/Profile

Unprotected:

/Search

I able to get user id in protected routes, for example ProfileController.php, like this:

$id = auth()->guard('agent')->user()->id;

But I want to get this in searchController.php but it return null, any idea?

api.php:

Route::middleware('auth:agent')->group(function () {
    Route::get('profile', 'ProfileController@details');
});

Route::post('search', 'searchController@search');

In other hand, when user is logged, and open search page, I want to get user id.

Answer 1

You should create a controller that pass user data such id or etc:

Route::middleware('auth:agent')->group(function () {
    Route::get('userdata', 'ProfileController@userdata'); // return user id
});

And:

public function userdata(){
   ...
   $id = auth()->guard('agent')->user()->id; // just id
   return $id;
}

This controller can fetch all user data, now you should need to call this request in your search controller:

app('App\Http\Controllers\ProfileController')->userdata();