Disable request validation redirect in Laravel 5.4

# Disable Request Validation Redirect in Laravel 5.4 for Clean API Responses As developers building modern applications, especially RESTful APIs, the flow of request handling is critical. When validation fails on a `POST` request, the default behavior in a standard Laravel application is to redirect the user back to the previous page or route, often resulting in an undesirable HTML response instead of the expected JSON error payload. This is a common hurdle when transitioning traditional web views into pure API services. This post dives deep into how to control this redirection behavior within Laravel's Form Request system to ensure that validation failures result in clean, actionable JSON responses, regardless of whether the request originated from an AJAX call or a standard form submission. ## The Problem: Validation Failure Redirects You are encountering a situation where your `ClientRequest` fails validation (e.g., `title` is missing), and instead of receiving a structured JSON error response, you are redirected back to `/api/clients`, which triggers the `@index` method, listing all clients. This behavior is typical when Laravel's built-in exception handling for validation redirects takes precedence over custom response formatting. Your goal is to intercept this failure and return an appropriate HTTP error code (like