I'm setting up an API with Laravel. When I enter a route that does not exist I get redirected to a view that says 404 | Not found.
How could I change this view to abort( response()->json('Not Found', 404)); so that the person that tries to access the API via another application get a JSON response saying Not Found.
You may publish Laravel's error page templates using the vendor:publish Artisan command. Once the templates have been published, you may customize them to your liking:
php artisan vendor:publish --tag=laravel-errors
You only need to create a 404.blade.php file under resources/views/errors/ with whatever content and style you want. I've just done that...
Otherwhise
define a fallback route at the end of the routes/api.php file:
Route::fallback(function(){
return response()->json(['message' => 'Not Found.'], 404);
})->name('api.fallback.404');
Try these steps:
1) In the app/Exceptions/Handler.php file, modify the render method.
/**
* Render an exception into an HTTP response.
*
* @param \Illuminate\Http\Request $request
* @param \Exception $exception
* @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
*/
public function render($request, Exception $exception)
{
if ($this->isHttpException($exception)) {
if ($exception->getStatusCode() == 404) {
return response()->view('errors.' . '404', [], 404);
}
}
return parent::render($request, $exception);
}
2) Create a new view file errors/404.blade.php.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Page not found - 404</title>
</head>
<body>
The page your are looking for is not available
</body>
</html>
