Laravel: validate json object
Please try this way
use Validator;
public function store(Request $request)
{
//$data = $request->all();
$data = json_decode($request->payload, true);
$rules = [
'name' => 'digits:8', //Must be a number and length of value is 8
'age' => 'digits:8'
];
$validator = Validator::make($data, $rules);
if ($validator->passes()) {
//TODO Handle your data
} else {
//TODO Handle your error
dd($validator->errors()->all());
}
}
digits:value
The field under validation must be numeric and must have an exact length of value.
Your payload should be payload: {
then you can do
$this->validate($request->payload, [
'name' => 'required|digits:5',
'age' => 'required|digits:5',
]);
or if you are not sending the payload key you can just use $request->all()
$request->merge([
'meta_data' => !is_null($request->meta_data) ? json_encode($request->meta_data) : null
]);
validator = Validator::make($request->all(), [
'meta_data' => 'nullable|json'
]);
I see some helpful answers here, just want to add - my preference is that controller functions only deal with valid requests. So I keep all validation in the request. Laravel injects the request into the controller function after validating all the rules within the request. With one small tweak (or better yet a trait) the standard FormRequest works great for validating json posts.
Client example.js
var data = {first: "Joe", last: "Dohn"};
var xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xmlhttp.open("POST",'//laravel.test/api/endpoint');
xmlhttp.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
xmlhttp.send(JSON.stringify(data));
project/routes/api.php
Route::any('endpoint', function (\App\Http\Requests\MyJsonRequest $request){
dd($request->all());
});
app/Http/Requests/MyJsonRequest.php (as generated by php artisan make:request MyJsonRequest
)
<?php
namespace App\Http\Requests;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest;
class MyJsonRequest extends FormRequest{
public function authorize(){
return true;//you'll want to secure this
}
public function rules(){
return [
'first' => 'required',
'last' => 'required|max:69',
];
}
//All normal laravel request/validation stuff until here
//We want the JSON...
//so we overload one critical function with SOMETHING LIKE this
public function all($keys = null){
if(empty($keys)){
return parent::json()->all();
}
return collect(parent::json()->all())->only($keys)->toArray();
}
}