From 2ee655b9d11f44fce5bfac82c808d0807f518e4d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nabeel Shahzad <nshahzad@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2017 09:03:45 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] show error messages in json for API calls #92

---
 app/Exceptions/Handler.php | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/app/Exceptions/Handler.php b/app/Exceptions/Handler.php
index 54e621d0..b5cc5676 100755
--- a/app/Exceptions/Handler.php
+++ b/app/Exceptions/Handler.php
@@ -50,6 +50,23 @@ class Handler extends ExceptionHandler
             return redirect()->guest('login');
         }
 
+        if($request->is('api/*')) {
+            $status = 400;
+            $http_code = $exception->getCode();
+            if ($this->isHttpException($exception)) {
+                $status = $exception->getStatusCode();
+                $http_code = $exception->getStatusCode();
+            }
+
+            return response()->json([
+                'error' => [
+                    'code' => $exception->getCode() ,
+                    'http_code' => $http_code,
+                    'message' => $exception->getMessage()
+                ]
+            ], $status);
+        }
+
         return parent::render($request, $exception);
     }