Laravel Auth hidden redirect

Question

Install new Laravel 5.4 project.

Run php artisan make:auth.

Go to http://localhost:8000/home (without being logged in).

I get redirected to http://localhost:8000/login

This redirect seems like magic. This is the route for home:

|| GET|HEAD |home||App\Http\Controllers\HomeController@index|web,auth|

We never get to the index() method because the auth middleware takes over. I open the auth middleware file Illuminate\Auth\Middleware\Authenticate.php and there's no mention of the /login redirect.

Where is the redirect from /home to /login defined?

Answer 1

Check app/Exceptions/Handler.php file and you'll see Exception handler for unauthenticated users:

protected function unauthenticated($request, AuthenticationException $exception)
{
    if ($request->expectsJson()) {
        return response()->json(['error' => 'Unauthenticated.'], 401);
    }

    return redirect()->guest(route('login'));
}

P.S. redirect to home you can see in app/Http/Middleware/RedirectIfAuthenticated.php file.

UPD1: redirect to home after login/register you can set in app/Http/Controllers/Auth/LoginController.php and app/Http/Controllers/Auth/RegisterController.php. It looks like

protected $redirectTo = '/home';