How to use laravel-permission with API versioning model types

[BlumDev92]

Hello there,

I implemented a V2 of my API which uses a different user model. My previous User model had the model_type App\Models\Base\User. But right now for V2 the namespace is App\Models\V2\Base\User.
This change is breaking my current setup, because all roles and permissions use App\Models\Base\User.

Is it possible to use something like a middleware to modify the model_type if the user is accessing the API via a v2 endpoint?

Thank you for your help.

[erikn69]

use Relation::morphMap to alias model_type to a standard name
enforcing-morph-maps-in-laravel
custom-polymorphic-types

[BlumDev92]

Thanks for your answer 💯 . Where do I have to put Relation::morphMap? Because this should only apply if the user is accessing v2 endpoints.

[erikn69]

Many ways, depends on you
What I would do is add a middleware on routes for use v1 and v2 model with the same alias but with different paths to user model file

[BlumDev92]

I added a APIVersion Middleware like this:

$apiVersion = $guard == '' ? '' : ('\\' . strtoupper($guard) . '\\');
Relation::morphMap([
    'App\Models\Base\User' => 'App\Models' . $apiVersion . 'Base\User'
]);

works like a charm. Thank you.