Dd($Request->All()); Gives Back Empty Array

Question

I am trying to upload a photo from my Laravel 5 app to be stored in AWS. I am using the Postman REST client to test. When I upload a photo, the request returns an empty array. Does anyone know why this might be? Here's the code for my Avatar Controller:

class AvatarController extends Controller
{

  public function __construct(AWS $aws)
  {
      $this->aws = $aws;
  }

/**
 * Store a new avatar for a user.
 * POST 
 */
  public function store(User $user, Request $request)
  {
    dd($request->all());
    // dd($request->file('photo'));

    $file = $request->file('photo');
    // $file = Request::file('photo');
    // $file = Input::file('photo');

    $v = Validator::make(
      $request->all(),
      ['photo' => 'required|image|mimes:jpeg,jpg|max:8000']
    );

    if($v->fails())
      return Response::json(['error' => $v->errors()]);         

    $filename = $this->aws->storeImage('avatars', $file);

    // Save filename to User model
    $user->avatar = $filename;
    $user->save();

    // Respond to user with success
    return response()->json('Photo uploaded!', 200);
  }
}

Accepted Answer

Found the answer - looks like there was an issue with my headers in Postman. I had both Accept application/json and Content-Type application/json. Once I removed Content-Type, all is fixed. Thanks!

Answer 2

Bit late to the party, but might be usefull for others: My problem was that the Content-Type header value was application/json while the actual payload was form data. Changing the header to application/x-www-form-urlencoded fixed the issue.

Answer 3

Just want to add where i made a mistake. When sending POST request with Postman, you also have to make sure the json is correct.

// invalid json (notice the ending comma)
{
    "akey":"aval",
    "nkey": "bval",
}

//valid json (no ending comma)
{
    "akey":"aval",
    "nkey": "bval"
}

Answer 4

The same issue on postman, while using PUT/PATCH method directly. One possible solution is to send your PUT/PATCH request as a POST, but include proper _method in the request body along with other parameters.

_method: PUT

Hope this helps

Answer 5

You might want to test that the JSON is valid

$data = $request->all();
if(empty($data)) {
    $data = json_decode($request->getContent());
    $data = json_decode($data);

    if(is_null($data)) {
        return response()->json("Not valid json", 400);
    }
}

Answer 6

Try dd($request), dd($_REQUEST), dd($request->files).

Answer 7

try use this

dd($request->all());

Answer 8

Although it wasn't the case in OP's question, this problem can also occur if you extend Laravel's Request class with your own.

public function action(\App\Http\Request $request) {
    dd($request->input()); // This might be empty
}

In that case you can solve it by adding a line like this in your AppServiceProvider:

$this->app->alias('request', \App\Http\Request::class);

Answer 9

simply change in your Rout file

 Route::get('/users', 'AvatarController@store');

to

Route::POST('/users', 'AvatarController@store');

Answer 10

Should be using:

Request::all();

As per documents:

Dd($Request->All()); Gives Back Empty Array

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