From 7e1a000e2a29c2ee25fe409173ec75e44f00addf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ovidiu U <nonreal@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2026 20:27:57 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add API key authentication middleware

Adds `VerifyApiKey` middleware to validate `X-Api-Key` header against `app.api_secret_key` config. Returns 403 if key is missing or invalid.
---
 app/Http/Middleware/VerifyApiKey.php | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 app/Http/Middleware/VerifyApiKey.php

diff --git a/app/Http/Middleware/VerifyApiKey.php b/app/Http/Middleware/VerifyApiKey.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f01076
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Http/Middleware/VerifyApiKey.php
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Http\Middleware;
+
+use Closure;
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
+
+class VerifyApiKey
+{
+    /**
+     * Handle an incoming request.
+     *
+     * @param  Closure(Request): (Response)  $next
+     */
+    public function handle(Request $request, Closure $next): Response
+    {
+        if ($request->header('X-Api-Key') !== config('app.api_secret_key')) {
+            abort(403);
+        }
+
+        return $next($request);
+    }
+}