Json view is not getting by postman

Question

I have this in my laravel ctrl "Posts" :

public function index() {
    $posts = Post::get();
    if (Request::isJson()) {
        return $posts;
    }
    return View::make('posts.index', compact('posts'));
}

When i got it via a browser, it's the human view, but with postman (http://www.getpostman.com/) it's the human view too ! So, when i put only the json view, i have it. It's not the normal behavior of postman to get the human view, isn'it ?

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 12 '14 at 19:50

7

By default postman will include an

Accept: */*

header.

If you specifically want json you should send an

Accept: application/json

header.

answered Aug 12 '14 at 19:50

ScottS

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How can we **remove** the header? – Pacerier Dec 11 '14 at 08:43
@Pacerier Postman automatically applies `Accept: */*` only if you didn't provide an explicit header. AFAIK you cannot send a request with no Accept header at all via postman. – ScottS Dec 12 '14 at 18:57
Dang, what's a better program that allows us to do more customizations? – Pacerier Dec 13 '14 at 07:26
@Pacerier curl can do almost anything. Fiddler is very useful for capturing and modifying requests. – ScottS Dec 13 '14 at 19:48
But there isn't a GUI program for curl is there? – Pacerier Dec 14 '14 at 12:52
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/603170/gui-frontend-for-curl-for-testing-an-api – ScottS Dec 14 '14 at 16:58

Json view is not getting by postman

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