Retrieving JSON Input Values in laravel not working

Question

Im using Laravel 7.* and i want to post data as JSON to laravel route.

Due to the Laravel documantation JSON fileds must be accessible using this code :

$name = $request->input('user.name');

this is a pieces of laravel documentation :

When sending JSON requests to your application, you may access the JSON data via the input method as long as the Content-Type header of the request is properly set to application/json.

I'm testing it by RestMan extension in browser and i'm sending data with content-type:application/json Header .

But the $request->input() is empty always.

I tested $request->json(); and this method is working fine . why input() method NOT works for retrive json data ?

Edit :

this is my request in RestMan :

And this is my Route :

    Route::post('/get-json-data',function(Request $request){
    return $request->input('user.name');
});

You should show the request. Does RestMan Export the request to Curl? Could help us to know more — user4796879
– user4796879, Commented May 24, 2020 at 11:33

Arun A S · Accepted Answer · 2020-05-24 11:55:33Z

1

Your user parameter in the request is an array of jsons, so you'd need to specify the index to access individual names

$request->input('user.0.name');
$request->input('user.1.name');

or loop through it and get an array of names like this

$names = [];
foreach($request->user as $user){
    $names[] = $user->name;
}

Your original code

$request->input('user.name');

checks would work if user was a json field and name is a field in the json, something like

{
    "user":{
        "name":"Ford"
    }
}

answered May 24, 2020 at 11:55

Arun A S

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sam Over a year ago

The problem was my understanding of JSON . thanks . problem solved

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