Laravel - How to show JSON when API route is wrong or not found ?

I am using Laravel to create API and postman to check my API. When I am putting a right URL in postman it is working fine, but when I am putting a wrong URL it is showing HTML and Laravel 404 error, I want to return a message in JSON format, how would I do that.

vajid

7 years ago

Level 3

file exceptions/handler.php in handler method

if ($exception instanceof \Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\NotFoundHttpException)
{
        return response()->json([
    'message'=>'not found'
    ]);
}
    return parent::render($request, $e);

shashi_verma

7 years ago

Level 1

@vajid did not work bro

vajid

7 years ago

Level 3

okay, found this

if ($e instanceof ModelNotFoundException or $e instanceof NotFoundHttpException) {
    // ajax 404 json feedback
    if ($request->ajax()) {
        //make sure request has "Accept" => "application/json" in header
        return response()->json(['error' => 'Not Found'], 404);
    }
}

for more check this blog https://scotch.io/tutorials/creating-a-laravel-404-page-using-custom-exception-handlers

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