Laravel 302 redirection when I do a POST

Question

I am having a problem with Laravel.

I try to do a POST with JQuery to my Controller, but when I do that, I recieve a HTTP 302 code (found), and after that It creates a GET to the same controller URL.

Here there is my code:

WizardController.php

class WizardController extends Controller
{
    public function saveForm(Request $request) {
        $data = $request->data;
        error_log(print_r($data, true));
        return response()->json(['message' => 'test']);
    }
}

routes/web.php

Route::group(['prefix' => 'wizard', 'middleware' => 'auth'], function(){
    Route::post('create', 'WizardController@saveForm');
})

Wizard.html

<script>
    var token = $('meta[name=csrf-token]').attr('content');
    $.ajax('wizard/create', function() {
        method: 'POST',
        data:    {'data' : 'test'},
        headers: { 'X-CSRF-TOKEN': token },
        success: function(data) {
            console.log(data);
        }
     });
</script>

I even cannot see the log in my controller. Any suggestion?

Thanks

why do u have double return ` return return response()->json(['message' => 'test']);` — Leo, Jul 02 '18 at 09:14
sorry, guys, in the code I don't have that much returns... it was only a copy paste problem when I created the post in stackoverflow, I just updated the post — string_not_found, Jul 02 '18 at 09:32
Possible duplicate of [PHP Redirect with POST data](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5576619/php-redirect-with-post-data) — apokryfos, Jul 02 '18 at 09:33

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 02 '18 at 09:50

You have middleware 'auth' for your route. You should investigate a bit on it and you'll understand why doesn't it work.

The point is that 'auth' middleware requires cookies to work correctly, while you have it empty when you're have Ajax request. Why does it give you 302 and not 401? You should look into your authentication handler for any custom logic on that.

What to do? Implement JWT auth or stateless authentication!

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 02 '18 at 10:57

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OK problem solved...

My problem was in routes/web.php, I declared that route inside a Route group, which has two other customized middlewares.

One of those middleware was making me that wrong redirection.

answered Jul 02 '18 at 10:57

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Same issue, same solution :) – Nasser Ali Karimi Apr 11 '22 at 12:02

Laravel 302 redirection when I do a POST

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