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Yura
Yura

Reputation: 2248

Laravel 5.8 POST request always throws welcome page

I'm trying to test my API using postman, but when I hit the POST request, it's always throws me to the welcome page. I already set the XSRF token inside but still not working.

This is my api.php routes:

Route::middleware('auth:api')->get('/user', function (Request $request) {
    return $request->user();
});
Route::resource('products/{product}/feedbacks', 'FeedbackController');

This is my store method from FeedbackController:

/**
 * Store a newly created resource in storage.
 *
 * @param  \App\Http\Requests\StoreFeedback  $request
 * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
 */
public function store(Product $product, StoreFeedback $request)
{
   $product->addFeedback(
      $request->validated()
   );

   return response()->json([
      "status" => "success",
      "message" => "Your feedback has been submitted."
   ], 200);
}

Here is my web.php file:


Route::get('/', function () {
    return view('welcome');
});

Auth::routes();

Route::get('/home', 'HomeController@index')->name('home');

Route::resource('product-categories', 'ProductCategoryController')->parameters([
    'product_category' => 'productCategory'
]);

Route::resource('product-sub-categories', 'ProductSubCategoryController')->parameters([
    'product_sub_category' => 'productCategory'
]);

And here is the screenshot of my postman request: Link to the screenshot

Upvotes: 6

Views: 6310

Answers (6)

Shoukat Mirza
Shoukat Mirza

Reputation: 828

My solution, add failedValidation function in Request

public function failedValidation(Validator $validator) {
    throw new HttpResponseException(response()->json([
        'success'   => false,
        'message'   => 'Validation errors',
        'data'      => $validator->errors()
    ]));
}

Upvotes: 0

Adan A
Adan A

Reputation: 1

I ran into the same issue but it was my fault. I didn't add the right headers.

Make sure you specify "Content-Type" and "Accept". Both should be set to "application/json". See image below.

Hope this helps.

Postman Headers

Upvotes: 0

MartinsOnuoha
MartinsOnuoha

Reputation: 571

As mentioned above this is happening because of the form validator, You can also fix this using middlewares, first create a middleware:

php artisan make:middleware JsonRequestMiddleware

Update the handle method of your middleware

    public function handle(Request $request, Closure $next)
    {
        $request->headers->set("Accept", "application/json");
        return $next($request);
    }

then add this middleware to app/Http/Kernel

protected $middleware = [
        ...
        \App\Http\Middleware\JsonRequestMiddleware::class,
       ...
]

Upvotes: 1

ssi-anik
ssi-anik

Reputation: 3694

POST request always throws the welcome page

The problem lies in your App\Http\Requests\StoreFeedback class.

How?

Cause you're passing the request through the Form Validator. Which invalidates the form request. And that's why passing the request back to the previous URL which becomes the / by default.

Hierarchy below

But, if you want to get the errors, you can simply pass the HEADER Accept:application/json to request HEADER and you'll get the errors.

Reason: ValidationException handled here

Upvotes: 23

Yura
Yura

Reputation: 2248

I'd just found the problem, it was from the app\Http\Requests\StoreFeedback like Mr.ssi-anik said. I don't know why for the boolean validation, when I put true or false, it fails and redirect me to the welcome page.

Instead, I used 0 or 1, it accepts the parameters and working normally.

Upvotes: 1

Piazzi
Piazzi

Reputation: 2636

I think It's showing the same page because you're using the Route::resource, as said in this Question,

A RESTful resource controller sets up some default routes for you and even names them.

Route::resource('users', 'UsersController');

Gives you these named routes:

Verb          Path                        Action  Route Name
GET           /users                      index   users.index
GET           /users/create               create  users.create
POST          /users                      store   users.store
GET           /users/{user}               show    users.show
GET           /users/{user}/edit          edit    users.edit
PUT|PATCH     /users/{user}               update  users.update
DELETE        /users/{user}               destroy users.destroy

My guess is: you're basically calling the index() function in your FeedbackController over and over again

Change your route to:

Route::post('products/{product}/feedbacks', 'FeedbackController@store');

EDIT change your controller function to:

public function store(Request $request)
{
   dd($request->body); // or the key you send it on the postman
}

And show us what you got

Upvotes: 1

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