How to pass Accept: application json header in call, post request Laravel 5.1

Question

How do I pass the "Accept: application/json" in request when testing:

for eg:

$response = $this->post($route, $data, ['Accept: application/json']);

OR

$response = $this->call('post' $route, $data, [], [], ['Accept: application/json']);

I want to invoke $this->wantsJson() in the FormRequest class:

/**
     * Get the proper failed validation response for the request.
     *
     * @param  array  $errors
     * @return \Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response
     */
    public function response(array $errors)
    {
        if ($this->ajax() || $this->wantsJson()) {
            return new JsonResponse($errors, 422);
        }

        return $this->redirector->to($this->getRedirectUrl())
                                        ->withInput($this->except($this->dontFlash))
                                        ->withErrors($errors, $this->errorBag);
    }

Ivanka Todorova · Accepted Answer · 2020-09-09 07:37:44Z

4

You can use $this->json().

Visit the given URI with a JSON request.

Here's a link from Laravel's API:

Laravel 5.1 API

Laravel 5.2 API

Edit: For Laravel 7, you can visit their docs for Testing JSON APIs.

edited Sep 9, 2020 at 7:37

answered Mar 11, 2016 at 16:16

Ivanka Todorova

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Angad Dubey Over a year ago

is this available in 5.1?

s3c Over a year ago

@IvankaTodorova - Links are no longer valid. Any for Laravel 7 or upcoming 8?

Ivanka Todorova Over a year ago

@s3c Updated my answer with their docs for Laravel 7 & posting json to a route and it is the same for Laravel 8. (Also it's no longer upcoming, as it was released yesterday AFAIK). :)

s3c Over a year ago

@IvankaTodorova Yes, it was released sometime between my comment and two hours later. I wanted to say it just came out, but I'd be lying at that point in time. Thank you for the link. BTW, the two links for Laravel 5 are still dead so you might as well remove them if not find working ones. Upvoted.

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