Dingo API Internal Post Requests not working with Laravel 5.2 - laravel-5

Question

I am running into an issue with internal post requests using latest Laravel 5.2 and Dingo dev/master (commit 904d4e4e). Get requests work fine, but I keep getting a 'missing argument 1' error exception when I attempt any post request from anywhere (routes.php, and controllers).
My App Controllers all extend my Base Controller, which is set up as follows:
use Dingo\Api\Dispatcher;
use Dingo\Api\Routing\Helpers;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
class BaseController extends Controller
{
use Helpers;
public $dispatcher;
public function __construct(Dispatcher $dispatcher)
{
$this->dispatcher = $dispatcher;
}
// My global functions (irrelevant)...
}
Example of admin subdomain 'modelExample' controller:
namespace App\Http\Controllers\Admin;
use App\Http\Requests;
use App\ModelExample;
use Dingo\Api\Dispatcher;
use App\Http\Controllers\BaseController;
class AdminModelExampleController extends BaseController
{
public function __construct(Dispatcher $dispatcher)
{
parent::__construct($dispatcher);
}
/**
* Display a listing of ModelExamples.
*
* #return \Illuminate\Http\Response
*/
public function index()
{
$modelExamples = $this->dispatcher->get('model-example');
return view('admin.model-examples.index')->with(['model_examples' => $modelExamples]);
}
/**
* Store a newly created ModelExample in the DB.
*
* #param $request
* #return array
*/
public function store($request)
{
$data = $request->all();
$modelExample = $this->dispatcher->post('model-example', $data);
return $modelExample;
}
}
Example of 'modelExample' API controller:
namespace App\Api\Controllers;
use App\Http\Requests;
use App\ModelExample;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Http\Controllers\BaseController;
class ApiAddMediaMethodController extends BaseController
{
/**
* Return all ModelExamples.
*
* #return \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection|static[]
*/
public function index()
{
return ModelExample::all();
}
/**
* Store a newly created ModelExample in the DB.
*
* #param $request
* #return array
*/
public function store($request)
{
// I would obviously do stuff here, but for testing purposes, we'll just return...
return $request;
}
}
My routes.php
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Dingo generated router for API Routes
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
$api = app('Dingo\Api\Routing\Router');
$dispatcher = app('Dingo\Api\Dispatcher');
$api->version('v1', function ($api) {
// Set the namespace for the API_v1-specific route controllers
$api->group(['namespace' => 'App\Api\Controllers'], function ($api) {
//Model Example routes
$api->get('model-example', [
'as' => 'model-example.get',
'uses' => 'ApiModelExampleController#index'
]);
$api->post('model-example', [
'as' => 'model-example.post',
'uses' => 'ApiModelExampleController#store'
]);
});
});
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Application (non-API) Web Routes
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
Route::group(['middleware' => 'web'], function () {
// Bunch of regular web app routes (irrelevant)
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| ADMIN Subdomain Routes
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
Route::group(['domain' => 'admin' . env('SESSION_DOMAIN')], function () {
// Set the namespace for the Admin Subdomain route controllers
Route::group(['namespace' => 'Admin'], function () {
Route::group(['middleware' => 'admin'], function(){
// Model Example routes
Route::resource('model-example', 'AdminModelExampleController');
}
}
}
}
No matter what I use in the store method on the Admin Controller, I get the following error:
Missing argument 1 for App\Api\Controllers\ApiModelExampleController::store()
I have tried:
$modelExample = $this->dispatcher->with($data)->post('model-example');
$modelExample = $this->dispatcher->post('model-example', ['hard' => 'coded', 'just' => 'in case']);
$modelExample = $this->api->post('model-example', $data);
$modelExample = $this->api->with($data)->post('model-example');
$modelExample = $this->api->post('model-example', ['hard' => 'coded', 'just' => 'in case']);
I have also tried directly from the routes file with test endpoints, I have turned off all middleware... no matter what I do, the payload array is not being recognized.
Is this a Laravel 5.2 vs 5.1 issue? Am I missing something completely obvious (been known to happen ...often)? How can I resolve this? Much thanks in advance! :-)

Answer 1

SOLVED.
It was my bad.
The resolution (for future searchers) was actually quite simple.
The data that is passed along with the Post request MUST be a Request instance (i.e., Illuminate/Http, or Form Request). A simple array or non-request object will not work. I hope this saves someone else from pulling their hair out. :-)