Require auth basic on HTTP requests or functions

laravel-api-routing.php

// router.php
Route::group(array('prefix' => 'api/v1'), function()
{
    Route::resource('tweets', 'ApiController');
}


// RestController
class RestController extends BaseController {

   public function __construct()
   {
      // auth on request type
      $this->beforeFilter('auth.basic', array('on' => array('post','put','patch','delete')));
      
      // auth on function
      $this->beforeFilter('auth.basic', array('only' => array('create','store','edit', 'update', 'destroy')));
      
      // auth except on function
      $this->beforeFilter('auth.basic', array('except' => array('index','show')));
   }
}