Database access in middleware Laravel 6

Simply user DB to make commands.

<?php

namespace App\Http\Middleware;
use DB;
use Closure;

class CheckAccessToken
{
    /**
     * Handle an incoming request.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
     * @param  \Closure  $next
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function handle($request, Closure $next)
    {
        $user = DB::table('users')->first();
        dd($user);

    }
}

Or you can also use the model to access the DB

<?php

namespace App\Http\Middleware;

use Closure;
use App\User;

class CheckAccessToken
{
    /**
     * Handle an incoming request.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
     * @param  \Closure  $next
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function handle($request, Closure $next)
    {
        $user = User::first();
        dd($user);

}