REST API in Laravel when validating the request

Question

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?

Answer 1

these code will help you, working for me.

$response = array('response' => '', 'success'=>false); $validator = Validator::make($request->all(), $rules);  if ($validator->fails()) {   $response['response'] = $validator->messages(); } else { //process the request }  return $response;