Exclude Laravel-specific values from request

Question

I want to run json_encode($request->all()) after a form is submitted, however the returned array is "polluted" with _method and _token values.

Is there any neat way to exclude the framework-specific fields from the generated json?

Answer 1

$request->only('username', 'password');

or

$request->except('_method', '_token');

Source: https://laravel.com/api/5.3/Illuminate/Http/Request.html#method_only