Three different methods in Laravel for if the request is asking for JSON. Are they the same? Do any overlap?

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So these three methods are in the Laravel docs for testing if the request is for JSON.

I basically want to return JSON for any request that is requesting JSON or AJAX.

Request::ajax() Request::isJson() Request::wantsJson()

Can I use any of these? Do they overlap?

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3 Answers

  1. request()->ajax() is usefull if you want to check if request is only Ajax

  2. Request::wantsJson() is usefull if you want to check if request is only Json

  3. Request::expectsJson() is usefull if you want to check if request is either Ajax or Wants Json

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