Format validation error message as nested associative array - laravel

Question

I have a Json object of data as shown below
{
"name": "something",
"location": {
"city": "some where",
"country": "some where",
}
}
Rule used to validate Request is
[
'name' => 'required',
'location.city' => 'required',
'location.country' => 'required'
]
Which returns error message like
{
"name": [
"The name field is required."
],
"location.city": [
"The location.city field is required."
],
"location.county": [
"The location.country field is required."
]
}
How can I format error message as a nested array like the Request.
{
"name": [
"The name field is required."
],
"location": {
"city": [
"The city field is required"
],
"country": [
"The country field is required"
]
}
}
Any default methods available ?
I am using Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest

Answer 1

In your case , you need to build the error message yourself. you can still use the default messages in the ressources/lang/en/validation messages file.
$validator = Validator::make($request->all(), [
'name' => 'required',
'location.city' => 'required',
'location.country' => 'required'
]);
if ($validator->fails()) {
return response()->json($yourOwnFormat,422);
//you can use $validator->errors() to build it
}

Answer 2

For those who looking for the solution This is how I implemented
<?php
namespace App\Http\Requests;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Validation\Validator;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest;
use Illuminate\Http\Exceptions\HttpResponseException;
class UserStoreRequest extends FormRequest
{
public function rules()
{
return [
'name' => 'required',
'location.city' => 'required'
'location.country' => 'required'
];
}
public function attributes()
{
return [
'location.city' => 'City'
'location.country' => 'Country'
];
}
protected function failedValidation(Validator $validator)
{
$errors = $validator->errors()->getMessages();
$errors_formated = array();
foreach ($errors as $key => $value) {
array_set($errors_formated, $key, $value);
}
throw new HttpResponseException(response()->json(['error' => $errors_formated], 422));
}
}
The result of $validator->errors()->getMessages() is just like array_dot() helper function result. So I did the Opposite of array_dot(), also altered my attribute name into pretty name

Answer 3

Is it? Laravel Documentation- Customizing the Error Messages
public function messages()
{
return [
'location.city' => 'The city field is required',
'location.county' => 'The county field is required',
];
}