REST API in Laravel when validating the request
I'm currently trying out on how to build a RESTful API with Laravel and I'm currently in the process of creating a new user. This is just a test and I'm getting some result when trying to validate the request using validation in Laravel; here is the result:
I've been trying to create a new one by this code:
public function store()
{
$validation = Validator::make(Request::all(),[
'username' => 'required|unique:users, username',
'password' => 'required',
]);
if($validation->fails()){
} else{
$createUser = User::create([
'username' => Request::get('username'),
'password' => Hash::make(Request::get('password'))
]);
}
}
but then I don't know how to return the error in validation. But it keeps on giving me that HTML as showed in the image when I was trying to do the if with validation->fails() . Is there a way to get the validation in JSON format?
You should probably return errors (which is an instance of IlluminateSupportMessageBag ) and encode that. A MessageBag instance allows you to convert it directly to its JSON representation.
$errors = $validation->errors();
return $errors->toJson();
Now not to toot my own horn but I've recently developed a RESTful API package for Laravel which does all of this for you and all you need to do is throw a simple exception. See my dingo/api package and the Wiki on returning errors. Basically, instead of returning the errors you would throw an exception.
throw new DingoApiExceptionStoreResourceFailedException('Could not create a new user.', $validation->errors());
It would be represented by the following JSON.
{
"message": "Could not create a new user.",
"errors": {
"username": ["The username is already in use."]
}
}
这些代码将帮助你，为我工作。
$response = array('response' => '', 'success'=>false);
$validator = Validator::make($request->all(), $rules);
if ($validator->fails()) {
$response['response'] = $validator->messages();
}else{
//process the request
}
return $response;
Laravel provides out of the box a validation method that you can call from your Controller.
if you check the Laravel Controller abstract class you will find it uses a trait called ValidatesRequests
abstract class Controller extends BaseController
{
use AuthorizesRequests, DispatchesJobs, ValidatesRequests;
}
So you can use a method $this->validate(Request $request, array $rules); as you long as your controller class extends the Controller
the full method declaration is
public function validate(Request $request, array $rules, array $messages = [], array $customAttributes = [])
{
$validator = $this->getValidationFactory()->make($request->all(), $rules, $messages, $customAttributes);
if ($validator->fails()) {
$this->formatValidationErrors($validator);
}
}
If The $validator fails, the method will throw an error depending on the request type, if it is ajax (in this case you should include in the request headers ( Accept application/json ) it will return a JSON response containing the validation errors.