Base Table not found on unique value validation in MongoDB with laravel - mysql

Question

I'm using laravel 5.3 with jenssegers/laravel-mongodb package for managing mongodb connections.
I want to check every time a user send a request to register a website in my controller if it's unique then let the user to register his/her website domain.
I wrote below code for validation but What I get in result is :
SQLSTATE[42S02]: Base table or view not found: 1146 Table 'iranad.seat' doesn't exist (SQL: select count(*) as aggregate from `seat` where `domain` = order.org)
my controller code :
public function store(Request $request) {
$seat = new Seat();
$validator = Validator::make($request->all(), [
'domain' => 'required|regex:/^([\da-z\.-]+)\.([a-z\.]{2,6})([\/\w \.-]*)*\/?$/|unique:seat', //validating user is entering correct url like : iranad.ir
'category' => 'required',
]);
if ($validator->fails()) {
return response()->json($validator->messages(), 400);
} else {
try {
$statusCode = 200;
$seat->user_id = Auth::user()->id;
$seat->url = $request->input('domain');
$seat->cats = $request->input('category');
$seat->filter = [];
if($request->input('category') == 'all') {
$obj['cats'] = 'false';
$seat->target = $obj;
} else {
$obj['cats'] = 'true';
$seat->target = $obj;
}
$seat->status = 'Waiting';
$seat->save();
} catch (\Exception $e) {
$statusCode = 400;
} finally {
$response = \Response::json($seat, $statusCode);
return $response;
}
}
}
My Seat Model :
namespace App;
use Moloquent;
use Carbon\Carbon;
class Seat extends Moloquent {
public function getCreatedAtAttribute($value) {
return Carbon::createFromTimestamp(strtotime($value))
->timezone('Asia/Tehran')
->toDateTimeString();
}
}
Obviously The validator is checking if domain is unique in mysql tables which causes this error, How can I change my validation process to check mongodb instead of mysql ?

Answer 1

I solved the problem, The solution is that you should add Moloquent to your model and define database connection :
namespace App\Models;
use Moloquent;
use Carbon\Carbon;
class Seat extends Moloquent
{
protected $collection = 'seat';
protected $connection = 'mongodb';
}