LumenServiceProvider.php

<?php  namespace Develpr\AlexaApp\Provider;


use ReflectionClass;
use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;

class LumenServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider{

	/**
	 * Register the service provider.
	 *
	 * @return void
	 */
	public function register()
	{
		$this->setupConfig();
		$reflection = new ReflectionClass($this->app);
		$this->app->instance('app.middleware', $this->gatherAppMiddleware($reflection));

		$this->app->register('Develpr\AlexaApp\Provider\AlexaServiceProvider');

		$this->addRequestMiddlewareToBeginning($reflection);
	}

	protected function setupConfig()
	{
		$this->mergeConfigFrom(realpath(__DIR__.'/../../config/alexa.php'), 'alexa');
	}


	/**
	 * Add the request middleware to the beginning of the middleware stack on the
	 * Lumen application instance.
	 *
	 * @param \ReflectionClass $reflection
	 *
	 * @return void
	 */
	protected function addRequestMiddlewareToBeginning(ReflectionClass $reflection)
	{
		$property = $reflection->getProperty('middleware');
		$property->setAccessible(true);

		$middleware = $property->getValue($this->app);

		array_unshift($middleware, 'Develpr\AlexaApp\Http\Middleware\Request');

		$property->setValue($this->app, $middleware);
		$property->setAccessible(false);
	}

	/**
	 * Gather the application middleware besides this one so that we can send
	 * our request through them, exactly how the developer wanted.
	 *
	 * @param \ReflectionClass $reflection
	 *
	 * @return array
	 */
	protected function gatherAppMiddleware(ReflectionClass $reflection)
	{
		$property = $reflection->getProperty('middleware');
		$property->setAccessible(true);

		$middleware = $property->getValue($this->app);

		return $middleware;
	}
}