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app/Middleware/SilentAuth.ts

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+import type { HttpContextContract } from '@ioc:Adonis/Core/HttpContext'
+
+/**
+ * Silent auth middleware can be used as a global middleware to silent check
+ * if the user is logged-in or not.
+ *
+ * The request continues as usual, even when the user is not logged-in.
+ */
+export default class SilentAuthMiddleware {
+  /**
+   * Handle request
+   */
+  public async handle({ auth }: HttpContextContract, next: () => Promise<void>) {
+    /**
+     * Check if user is logged-in or not. If yes, then `ctx.auth.user` will be
+     * set to the instance of the currently logged in user.
+     */
+    await auth.check()
+    await next()
+  }
+}