Pass arguments to middleware

You can pass arguments to your middleware for specific routes by appending ':' followed by the value. For example, I'm enforcing different authentication methods based on the route using a single middleware.

Route::get('...')->middleware('auth.license');
Route::get('...')->middleware('auth.license:bearer');
Route::get('...')->middleware('auth.license:basic');

class VerifyLicense
{
    public function  handle(Request $request, Closure $next, $type = null)
    {
        $licenseKey  = match ($type) {
            'basic'  => $request->getPassword(),
            'bearer' => $request->bearerToken(),
            default  => $request->get('key')
        };
 
        // Verify license and return response based on the authentication type
    }
}

Tip given by @Philo01