From a19d4d5418de86a3d631108b831a86c2749523bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wv5twkFEKh54vo4tta9yu7dHa3
 <61561059+Wv5twkFEKh54vo4tta9yu7dHa3@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2021 18:18:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Use same json error format as Mastodon

As documented in the Mastodon API ( https://docs.joinmastodon.org/entities/error/ ),   error responses use "error" as the key for the value, instead of Laravel's default (which is "message")
---
 app/Exceptions/Handler.php | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/app/Exceptions/Handler.php b/app/Exceptions/Handler.php
index 23dbecd49..13534549f 100644
--- a/app/Exceptions/Handler.php
+++ b/app/Exceptions/Handler.php
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ class Handler extends ExceptionHandler
      */
     public function render($request, Throwable $exception)
     {
+        if ($request->wantsJson())
+            return response()->json(
+                ['error' => $exception->getMessage()],
+                method_exists($exception, 'getStatusCode') ? $exception->getStatusCode() : 500
+            );
         return parent::render($request, $exception);
     }
 }