Laravel API receive JSON 404 not found

Question

I'm developing a Laravel 5.6 API and I'm using Resources and Collections, Route Model Binding.

To show an item, I currently use following code in my controller:

public function show(Todo $todo) { TodoResource::withoutWrapping(); return new TodoResource($todo); }

In the Exceptions > Handler.php I have the following:

 public function render($request, Exception $exception) { // This will replace our 404 response with // a JSON response. if ($exception instanceof ModelNotFoundException) { return response()->json([ 'error' => 'Resource not found' ], 404); } return parent::render($request, $exception); }

This works perfectly when the item is found in the database. If the item is not in the database I get a (when using a browser):

"Sorry, the page you are looking for could not be found"

When using POSTMAN rest client, I'm getting

{ "message": "No query results for model [App\\Todo].", "exception": "Symfony\\Component\\HttpKernel\\Exception\\NotFoundHttpException", .... ....

I would like to simply retrieve a 404 error with text "Resource not found", using both a browser or POSTMAN.

* Update with Routing info *

In my api.php, I have the following:

Route::apiResource('todos', 'TodoController'); Route::fallback(function () { return response()->json(['message' => 'Not Found!'], 404); });

In web.php, I have:

Route::Resource('todos', 'TodoController');

What is the best way to achieve this?

How are you routing your endpoints? in both routes/web.php and routes/api.php It wil depend of which middleware are handling the request. It seems that in the web.phpyou hasn't defined the endpoint. — Kenny Horna
– Kenny Horna, Commented Aug 13, 2018 at 13:32
Not sure what exactly you mean with aliased. But I'm capturing the ModelNotFoundException in Exceptions>Handler.php — wiwa1978
– wiwa1978, Commented Aug 13, 2018 at 13:45
have you aliased that class so you can use it by that short name in the current file you are in? Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\ModelNotFoundException — lagbox
– lagbox, Commented Aug 13, 2018 at 13:46

lagbox · Accepted Answer · 2018-08-13 13:54:22Z

Make sure to alias the exception class you are checking for.

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\ModelNotFoundException;

Without this you are checking for an instance of App\Exceptions\ModelNotFoundException.

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