Using a simple Ajax GET request to retrieve some data, it successfully checks if($request->ajax()) {} but then fails any validation because there is no data in the Request $request variable. This happens only on the production server, on localhost everything works fine.
The console shows the intended URL https://example.com/employeeInfo?id=1, then error 422 (Unprocessable Entity). Output from error: function(jqxhr, status, exception) { alert('Exception:', exception); } gives an empty alert message.
View
<script>
(function ($) {
$(document).ready(function() {
$(".team-pic").off("click").on("click", function() {
$id = $(this).data('id');
// Get data
$.ajax({
type: 'GET',
url: 'employeeInfo',
data: {'id':$id},
success: function(data){
var obj=$.parseJSON(data);
// Show output...
},
error: function(jqxhr, status, exception) {
alert('Exception:', exception);
}
});
});
});
}(jQuery));
</script>
Route
Route::get('/employeeInfo', 'EmployeeController@get');
Controller
public function get(Request $request) {
if($request->ajax()) {
$this->validate($request, [
'id' => 'required|integer',
]);
// Id
$employee = Employee::find(request('id'));
// Create output
$data = ...
echo json_encode($data);
}
}
If I were you, I would use a RESTful API with route model binding, specifically the explicit binding.
RouteServiceProvider.php
public function boot()
{
parent::boot();
Route::model('employee', App\Employee::class);
}
Route
Route::get('api/employees/{employee}', 'EmployeeController@get');
Controller
public function get(Employee $employee)
{
// The id being valid is already done by forcing it to be an Employee
// It is also an ajax call because it is going to the api route
// This will json_encode the employee object.
return $employee;
}