Pony.fm/app/Http/Middleware/Authorize.php

<?php

/**
 * Pony.fm - A community for pony fan music.
 * Copyright (C) 2015 Peter Deltchev
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

namespace Poniverse\Ponyfm\Http\Middleware;

use Closure;
use Gate;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Guard;

class Authorize
{
    /**
     * The Guard implementation.
     *
     * @var Guard
     */
    protected $auth;

    /**
     * Create a new filter instance.
     *
     * @param  Guard $auth
     */
    public function __construct(Guard $auth)
    {
        $this->auth = $auth;
    }

    /**
     * Handle an incoming request.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request $request
     * @param  \Closure $next
     * @param  string
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function handle($request, Closure $next, $ability)
    {
        if (Gate::denies($ability)) {
            abort(403);
        }

        return $next($request);
    }
}