Validation error in api response in laravel 5.6 - laravel

Question

I want to store data through api. It's working but problem is when I add validation it does not give me corresponding message . How can I fix it? Thanks in advance
Here is my route
Route::post('api/add_user', 'TestApiController#store');
Here is my controller
public function store(Request $request)
{
$validation = Validator::make(Request::all(), [
'name' => 'required',
'phone' => 'required',
'email' => 'required'
]);
if ($validation->errors()) {
return $errors->toJson();
} else {
$testApi = new testApi();
$testApi->name = $request->name;
$testApi->phone = $request->phone;
$testApi->email = $request->email;
$testApi->save();
return "ok";
}
}

Answer 1

to handle that your method should be like this :
public function store(Request $request)
{
$validator = Validator::make($request->all(), [
'name' => 'required',
'phone' => 'required',
'email2' => 'required|email'
]);
if($validator->fails()){
// here we return all the errors message
return response()->json(['errors' => $validator->errors()], 422);
}
$testApi = new testApi();
$testApi->name = $request->name;
$testApi->phone = $request->phone;
$testApi->email = $request->email;
$testApi->save();
// 201 http code means that the server has proceced your request correctly
return response()->json([], 201);
}

Answer 2

You don't have to manually do this. simply
public function store(Request $request)
{
$request->validate([
'name' => 'required',
'phone' => 'required',
'email' => 'required'
]);
$testApi = new testApi();
$testApi->name = $request->name;
$testApi->phone = $request->phone;
$testApi->email = $request->email;
$testApi->save();
return "ok";
}
this will automatically handles validation and returns error message when invalid.
Update
if you wanna stick with your approach. this is where you need to change.
if ($validation->fails()) {
return $validation->errors();
}