Controlling File Access with Authentication and Authorization
Explore how to control file access in Laravel by implementing authentication and custom authorization middleware. Understand how to restrict file downloads to verified users and manage files securely using Laravel's Storage facade.
Controlled access to files
Files can contain sensitive information. This sensitivity can create concerns for end users. To implement restricted access to files, developers can utilize a combination of middleware and Storage facade logic.
The following steps can be adopted to implement the logic:
Step 1: Generate authentication
With the help of php artisan make:auth, developers can generate a set of authentication-related files and scaffolding to help developers implement ...