Make the Authenticate middleware throw an AuthenticationException

app/Http/Middleware/Authenticate.php

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ namespace App\Http\Middleware;
 
 use Closure;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
+use Illuminate\Auth\AuthenticationException;
 
 class Authenticate
 {
@@ -14,40 +15,38 @@ class Authenticate
      * @param  \Closure  $next
      * @param  string  ...$guards
      * @return mixed
+     *
+     * @throws \Illuminate\Auth\AuthenticationException
      */
     public function handle($request, Closure $next, ...$guards)
     {
-        if ($this->check($guards)) {
-            return $next($request);
-        }
+        $this->authenticate($guards);
 
-        if ($request->ajax() || $request->wantsJson()) {
-            return response('Unauthorized.', 401);
-        } else {
-            return redirect()->guest('login');
-        }
+        return $next($request);
     }
 
     /**
      * Determine if the user is logged in to any of the given guards.
      *
      * @param  array  $guards
-     * @return bool
+     * @return void
+     *
+     * @throws \Illuminate\Auth\AuthenticationException
      */
-    protected function check(array $guards)
+    protected function authenticate(array $guards)
     {
-        if (empty($guards)) {
-            return Auth::check();
+        if (count($guards) <= 1) {
+            Auth::guard(array_first($guards))->authenticate();
+
+            return Auth::shouldUse($guard);
         }
 
         foreach ($guards as $guard) {
             if (Auth::guard($guard)->check()) {
-                Auth::shouldUse($guard);
-
-                return true;
+                return Auth::shouldUse($guard);
             }
         }
 
-        return false;
+        throw new AuthenticationException;
     }
 }