Laravel Validator Not Working Properly - Redirecting main page

Question

Laravel 5.5

public function register(Request $request) {
    request()->validate([
        'email' => 'required:email'
        'password' => 'required|min:6'
    ]);

    return response()->json(["message" => "Hello World"]); 
}

If validator is fails, not giving error messages. Redirecting main page.

Answer 1

If the code you're using redirects you to the previous page when validation fails, it means that you didn't tell the server what kind of response you want to receive.

Set a proper header to get JSON. It will make the validator send JSON in response. For example:

$.ajax({
  headers: {
    Accept : "application/json"
  },
  ...
});

Then this code will work as expected:

public function register(Request $request) 
{
    $request->validate([
        'email' => 'required:email'
        'password' => 'required|min:6'
    ]);

    return response()->json(["message" => "Hello World"]);
}