api 404 laravel code example

Example 1: laravel api form request validation 404

Set an "Accept": "application/json" Request Header
 -- OR --
force the default response behavior by sepcifying the response() method
in your own CustomFormRequest class:
// -- example -- //
public function response(array $errors)
{
    // Always return JSON.
    return response()->json($errors, 422);
}

Example 2: 404 json laravel

To do that, we need to add this logic to the app/Exceptions/Handler.php class:

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\ModelNotFoundException;

// ...

public function render($request, Exception $exception)
{
    if ($exception instanceof ModelNotFoundException && $request->wantsJson()) {
        return response()->json(['message' => 'Not Found!'], 404);
    }

    return parent::render($request, $exception);
}