Laravel call json version from controller?

Question

I have implemented in my controller function $request->wantsJson() and there is content for my JSON output, how can I call json version?

Is there new route needed? Where can I set by call the type should be text/javascript?

My code example:

public function customersList(Request $request) {
    if ($request->wantsJson()) {

    return response()->json($result);
    }

    return view('customers/list');
}

Possible duplicate of [How does Laravel know Request::wantsJson is a request for JSON?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26532060/how-does-laravel-know-requestwantsjson-is-a-request-for-json) — Jerodev, Jan 26 '17 at 08:17
Yes, you must add new route, or you could you `$request->ajax()` and generate AJAX call from client-side. — Miron, Jan 26 '17 at 08:18
@Miron ok. but what do I have to set in route, as header content type text/javascript? — nowilius, Jan 26 '17 at 08:25
You can prefer http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18685321/how-to-make-laravel-return-a-views-content-type-header-as-application-javasc. Actually, it's not necessarily to use new route, but you can yet. — Miron, Jan 26 '17 at 15:36

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:33

You can test by sending Accept: application/json to your test request.

Exemple with curl:

$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_URL => "http://example/my-route", 
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ["Accept" => "application/json"], 
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true
]);
curl_exec($curl);

More information here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/26532180/978690 (possible duplicate, not sure right now)

Laravel call json version from controller?

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