get the message in ValidationException

$validator->errors()->first('body')?

The ValidationException instance has an errors() method which is an instance of MessageBag, so this should work:

$e->errors()->first('body');

No, I don't have access to $errors. I'm catching the exception :

} catch (\Exception $e){
            return response(
                'Sorry, your reply could not be saved at this time. - '.$e->getMessage(), 422
            );
        }

I see ! I get the errors from the ValidationException like tha : $e->errors()

Thanks! But it's an array like that :

array:1 [
  "body" => array:1 [
    0 => "The body contains spam"
  ]

$e->errors()->first('body'); not working...

I must do this :

            $errors = '';
            foreach($e->errors() as $key => $value) {
                $errors .= $value[0];
            }

You might be more comfortable with it if you

$errors = collect($e->errors());

<div id="fail"></div>

<script>

.fail(function(response) {
     var errors = response.responseJSON;
     var errorsHtml = '';
     $.each(errors.errors, function( key, value ) {
           errorsHtml += '<span class="help is-danger">' + value[0] + '</span>';
     });
     $('#fail').html(errorsHtml);
 });

</script>

@LaraStorm , .fail ?

$exception->validator->errors();