Context
I am implementing a user information update using a PUT request in Laravel 8. I use Postman to send the request and see the results.
Expected behavior
My PUT request reaches the controller's function that is censed to update the authenticated user. The latter is updated successfully. So the validate call is executed succesfully and finds the data in the request.
Actual behavior
My PUT request reaches the controller's function that is censed to update the authenticated user. The latter is not updated successfully. In fact, the validate call is executed succesfully but doesn't find the data in the request.
Instead, data validation says:
{ "message": "The given data was invalid.", "errors": { "email": [ "The email field is required." ], "name": [ "The name field is required." ] } }
The route & The request
Postman request
curl --location --request PUT 'https://XYZ/api/set_user_data' \
--header 'X-Requested-With: XMLHttpRequest' \
--header 'Accept: application/json' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer 12|leRLA5yopCLIxe0oN9MMThctqD78iJDjZdZQkcgs' \
--data-urlencode '[email protected]' \
--data-urlencode 'name=test2'
It means in Postman terminology that no "Params" are sent, an Authorization Bearer token is sent, some Headers are sent and some Body's x-www-form-urlencoded data are sent.
API Route
In routes/api.php:
Route::put('/set_user_data', [UserController::class, 'setUserData'])->name('set_user_data');
UserController::setUserData:
public function setUserData(Request $request) {
if(!Auth::check()) {
return 'unauthenticated.';
}
$request->validate([
'email' => 'required|email',
'name' => 'required|string'
]);
// ... update user here but out of topic
}
What I tried to do... or to not do
Some Stackoverflow answers are: send a
POSTrequest and send in the body_method=PUT. I don't want to do this. I really prefer to send aPUTrequest. Because I am developing an API. It totally justifies the fact that I must use aPUTrequest and not aPUTone.Some Stackoverflow answers are: use
x-www-form-urlencodednot a simpleform. It doesn't fix the problem; moreover it's already the case. Maybe it could help with images sending. (notice I don't want to send any image here).
Question
Why Laravel's validate don't find the data of my request and how to fix it?
