Laravel validation rules for JSON - json

Question

I'm trying to use a custom FormRequest with validation rules for JSON formatted data. If I use same code in controller instead of the FormRequest class then it works fine, see below:
array data (from ajax request):
[
{
"name": "id",
"value": "1"
},
{
"name": "title",
"value": "My fun project"
}
]
Controller:
public function update(Request $request, $id) {
//convert it to readable json
$jsonReq = $request->json()->all();
$jsonData = array();
foreach ($jsonReq as $json) {
$jsonData[$json["name"]] = $json["value"];
}
$rules = [
'id' => 'required|numeric:1',
'title' => 'required|max:255',
];
$validation = Validator::make($jsonData, $rules);
if ($validation->fails()) {
return $validation->errors();
}
}
Above works fine when used in the controller. However, I want to separate my validation in a separate class, extending the FormRequest. This generates some errors, most likely due to the array format.
class UpdateProjectValidationRequest extends FormRequest {
public function rules() {
$jsonReq = $this->json()->all();
$jsonData = array();
foreach ($jsonReq as $json) {
$jsonData[$json["name"]] = $json["value"];
}
return [
'id' => 'required|max:1', //does not work
$jsonData['title'] => 'required|max:255', //does not work
];
}
Controller:
public function update(UpdateProjectValidationRequest $request, $id) {
// validate against rules
$request->rules();
The error message:
{
"message": "The given data was invalid.",
"errors": {
"My fun project": [
"My fun project field is required."
],
"id": [
"The id field is required."
],
Clearly this has to do with the format. Any ideas how to solve this? Note that after the foreach loop the data is formatted to below:
{
"id": "1",
"title": "My Fun project",
}

Answer 1

Ok so i could not solve it using the laravel FormRequest, instead I modified the ajax call itself by serializing it to json instead of an array.
$.fn.serializeObject = function()
{
var o = {};
var a = this.serializeArray();
$.each(a, function() {
if (o[this.name] !== undefined) {
if (!o[this.name].push) {
o[this.name] = [o[this.name]];
}
o[this.name].push(this.value || '');
} else {
o[this.name] = this.value || '';
}
});
return o;
};
//old: var formdata = JSON.stringify(jQuery('#myForm').serializeArray());
var formdata = JSON.stringify(jQuery('#myForm').serializeObject());