From 53bd5626c9e3fda94f0394993d8384941d9a7f20 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: spencerrlongg <spencer@spencerlong.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2023 11:33:29 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] this works, need to write up pr

---
 app/Exceptions/Handler.php              | 6 ++++++
 app/Http/Requests/StoreAssetRequest.php | 8 +++-----
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/Exceptions/Handler.php b/app/Exceptions/Handler.php
index 3d4db93452..b3317ad2df 100644
--- a/app/Exceptions/Handler.php
+++ b/app/Exceptions/Handler.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ namespace App\Exceptions;
 
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Exceptions\Handler as ExceptionHandler;
 use App\Helpers\Helper;
+use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;
 use Illuminate\Validation\ValidationException;
 use Illuminate\Auth\AuthenticationException;
 use ArieTimmerman\Laravel\SCIMServer\Exceptions\SCIMException;
@@ -150,6 +151,11 @@ class Handler extends ExceptionHandler
         return redirect()->guest('login');
     }
 
+    protected function invalidJson($request, ValidationException $exception)
+    {
+        return response()->json(Helper::formatStandardApiResponse('error', null, $exception->errors()), 200);
+    }
+
 
     /** 
      * A list of the inputs that are never flashed for validation exceptions.
diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/StoreAssetRequest.php b/app/Http/Requests/StoreAssetRequest.php
index 992d67e25b..a9a06baed4 100644
--- a/app/Http/Requests/StoreAssetRequest.php
+++ b/app/Http/Requests/StoreAssetRequest.php
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ class StoreAssetRequest extends ImageUploadRequest
      */
     public function authorize(): bool
     {
-        //TODO: make sure this works
-        //return Gate::allows('create', new Asset);
+        // TODO: make sure this works
+        return Gate::allows('create', new Asset);
     }
 
     public function prepareForValidation(): void
@@ -36,13 +36,11 @@ class StoreAssetRequest extends ImageUploadRequest
             parent::rules(),
         );
 
-        if(!$this->expectsJson()) {
-            //accepts an array for the gui form
+            // unsets unique check here, that check cannot run twice.
             $rules['asset_tags.*'] = $rules['asset_tag'];
             unset($rules['asset_tag']);
             $rules['serials.*'] = $rules['serial'];
             unset($rules['serial']);
-        }
 
         return $rules;
     }