Laravel 5.4 Passport log user action (optional auth: api)

I am using Laravel Passport ( auth:api

), everything works well, however I came up with the idea to register user request records along a specific route.

When a request GET

is made to /movie/65

, I would like to save in movie_view

the following data: user_id

, movie_id

(if the user is logged in)

However, in my controller, I cannot call $request->user()

without installing middleware auth:api

.

What is the best practice you recommend to achieve this goal?