Xtykutl

I have a Json object of data as shown below

{

  "name": "something",

  "location": {

    "city": "some where",

    "country": "some where",



  }

}

Rule used to validate Request is

[

    'name' => 'required',

    'location.city' => 'required',

    'location.country' => 'required'

]

Which returns error message like

{

  "name": [

    "The name field is required."

  ],

  "location.city": [

    "The location.city field is required."

  ],

  "location.county": [

    "The location.country field is required."

  ]

}

How can I format error message as a nested array like the Request.

{

  "name": [

    "The name field is required."

  ],

  "location": {

    "city": [

      "The city field is required"

    ],

    "country": [

      "The country field is required"

    ]

  }

}

Any default methods available ?
I am using IlluminateFoundationHttpFormRequest

In your case , you need to build the error message yourself. you can still use the default messages in the ressources/lang/en/validation messages file.

$validator = Validator::make($request->all(), [

    'name' => 'required',

    'location.city' => 'required',

    'location.country' => 'required'

]);



if ($validator->fails()) {

    return response()->json($yourOwnFormat,422);

    //you can use $validator->errors() to build it

}

Is it? Laravel Documentation- Customizing the Error Messages

public function messages()

{

    return [

        'location.city' => 'The city field is required',

        'location.county'  => 'The county field is required',

    ];

}

For those who looking for the solution This is how I implemented

<?php 

namespace AppHttpRequests;



use IlluminateContractsValidationValidator;

use IlluminateFoundationHttpFormRequest;

use IlluminateHttpExceptionsHttpResponseException;



class UserStoreRequest extends FormRequest

{

    public function rules()

    {

        return [

            'name' => 'required',

            'location.city' => 'required'

            'location.country' => 'required'

        ];

    }

    public function attributes()

    {

        return [

            'location.city' => 'City'

            'location.country' => 'Country'

        ];

    }

    protected function failedValidation(Validator $validator)

    {

        $errors = $validator->errors()->getMessages();

        $errors_formated = array();

        foreach ($errors as $key => $value) {

        array_set($errors_formated, $key, $value);

        }

        throw new HttpResponseException(response()->json(['error' => $errors_formated], 422));

    }

}

The result of $validator->errors()->getMessages() is just like array_dot() helper function result. So I did the Opposite of array_dot(), also altered my attribute name into pretty name