How to check in Laravel if a POST request comes with form data or a JSON body? For a webhook API

Question

I've created a webhook endpoint and now receiving requests with my Laravel application.

If request comes with the form data, I use $request->post();, if it has a json body I use $request->getContent().

I understand that there may not be both. Right?

My question is - how can I check if response comes with the form data or json body?

KulaKrzysztof · Answer 1 · 2019-12-11T00:42:25.493

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I understand that you want check , whether request is Ajax or form data?

You can check this by using:

$request->ajax()

Or by http headers.

edited Dec 11 '19 at 00:42

answered Dec 11 '19 at 00:27

KulaKrzysztof

I'm getting this `Method Illuminate\Http\Request::isAjax does not exist.` – Yevgeniy Afanasyev Dec 11 '19 at 00:32
there is a `->isJson() ` method, but it is always `false` for me, even there is a raw body or a form data – Yevgeniy Afanasyev Dec 11 '19 at 00:35
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Try: $request->ajax(); – KulaKrzysztof Dec 11 '19 at 00:42
same, it is always `false`. I'm testing it from google postman and I try different types of body to see the difference. But `ajax` method always return `false` – Yevgeniy Afanasyev Dec 11 '19 at 03:06
So, check headers (content-type): `Route::get('/test',function(Request $request){ dd($request->header('content-type')); });` – KulaKrzysztof Dec 11 '19 at 08:46
I can set any headers with google postman. And still laravel knows, when to return data via `$request->post();` and when to return in via `$request->getContent()`. And I cannot find the condition checking function. – Yevgeniy Afanasyev Dec 11 '19 at 22:08

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