I am testing an API in Laravel 5.4. I am now in the part of storing a record via API. I am having some issues on how to use Request::input() or Input::get() to validate POST data.
LessonsController.php
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use App\Http\Requests;
use App\Lesson;
use App\Acme\Transformers\LessonTransformer;
//use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Input;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
class LessonsController extends ApiController
{
/**
* @var Acme\Transformers\LessonTransformer
*/
protected $lessonTransformer;
function __construct(LessonTransformer $lessonTransformer)
{
$this->lessonTransformer = $lessonTransformer;
// $this->middleware('sentry.auth')->only('post'); // basic level of protection for creating a lession
}
/**
* Show the form for creating a new resource.
*
* @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
*/
public function create()
{
//
}
/**
* Store a newly created resource in storage.
* If we are using basic authentication, we should be using SSL
*
* @param \Illuminate\Http\Request $request
* @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
*/
public function store()
{
if( ! Input::get('title') || ! Input::get('body')){
return $this->setStatusCode(422)->respondWithError('Parameters failed validation for a lesson.');
}
Lesson::create($request->all());
return $this->respondCreated('Lesson successfully created.');
}
/**
* Display the specified resource.
*
* @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
*/
public function show($id)
{
$lesson = Lesson::find($id);
if( ! $lesson) {
return $this->respondNotFound('Lesson does not exist');
}
return $this->respond([
'data' => $this->lessonTransformer->transform($lesson)
]);
}
}
When I test my code above with POSTMAN using POST request. I am prompted with "{"error":"Parameters failed validation for a lesson.","status_code":422}" . I receive an error when I try to add data or I don't add data.
Do you have any idea how to correct my store() code? Any help is appreciated.
