0) { $is_validation = true; } if ($is_validation) { $this->validate($request, $attrs_or_validations); } $fields = []; foreach ($attrs_or_validations as $idx => $field) { if ($is_validation) { $field = $idx; } if ($request instanceof Request) { if ($request->filled($field)) { $fields[$field] = $request->input($field); } } else { if (array_key_exists($field, $request)) { $fields[$field] = $request[$field]; } } } if (!empty($addtl_fields) && \is_array($addtl_fields)) { $fields = array_merge($fields, $addtl_fields); } return $fields; } /** * Run a validation * @param $request * @param $rules * @return bool * @throws \Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\BadRequestHttpException */ /*public function validate($request, $rules) { if ($request instanceof Request) { $validator = Validator::make($request->all(), $rules); } else { $validator = Validator::make($request, $rules); } if (!$validator->passes()) { throw new BadRequestHttpException($validator->errors(), null, 400); } return true; }*/ /** * Simple normalized method for forming the JSON responses * @param $message * @return \Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse */ public function message($message, $count = null) { $attrs = [ 'message' => $message ]; if ($count !== null) { $attrs['count'] = $count; } return response()->json($attrs); } }