pratiksh404 / adminetic-announcement

src/Http/Requests/AnnouncementRequest.php

<?php

namespace Adminetic\Announcement\Http\Requests;

use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;

class AnnouncementRequest extends FormRequest
{
    /**
     * Determine if the user is authorized to make this request.
     *
     * @return bool
     */
    public function authorize()
    {
        return true;
    }

    /**
     * Prepare the data for validation.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    protected function prepareForValidation()
    {
        $this->merge([
            'user_id' => Auth::user()->id,

Accessing id on the interface Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Authenticatable suggest that you code against a concrete implementation. How about adding an instanceof check?

        ]);
    }

    /**
     * Get the validation rules that apply to the request.
     *
     * @return array
     */
    public function rules()
    {
        return [
            'user_id' => 'required|numeric',
            'medium' => 'sometimes',
            'audience' => 'required',
            'slack_notify' => 'sometimes|boolean',
            'body' => 'required|max:6000',
        ];
    }
}