I have a problem when adding a record to the database. When I receive a 200 response code with redirected: true, the record is not added to my users table. However, if I receive a 204 response with redirected: false, the record is added successfully.

I also noticed in Postman that if I log out and then register again, I receive a 204 response code.

//Register.jsx

async function handleRegister(e) {
    e.preventDefault();
    
    await fetch('http://localhost:8000/sanctum/csrf-cookie', {
        method: "GET",
        credentials: "include"
    });

    // Extract CSRF token
    const csrfToken = decodeURIComponent(
        document.cookie.split('; ').find(row => row.startsWith('XSRF-TOKEN='))?.split('XSRF-TOKEN=')[1] || ''
      );
    console.log(csrfToken);
 
    const res = await fetch('http://localhost:8000/register', {
        method: "POST",
        headers: {
            "X-XSRF-TOKEN": csrfToken
        },
        credentials: "include",
        body: JSON.stringify(formData),
    });

    if (!res.ok) {  
        console.error("Registration failed:", res);
        if (res.errors) {
            setErrors(res.errors);
            console.error("Errors:", res.errors);
        }
    } else {
        navigate("/login");
        console.log(res);
    }
}

//RegisteredUserController.php

namespace App\Http\Controllers\Auth;

use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use App\Models\User;
use Illuminate\Auth\Events\Registered;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Http\Response;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash;
use Illuminate\Validation\Rules;

class RegisteredUserController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * Handle an incoming registration request.
     *
     * @throws \Illuminate\Validation\ValidationException
     */
    public function store(Request $request): Response
    {
        $request->validate([
            'name' => ['required', 'string', 'max:255'],
            'email' => ['required', 'string', 'lowercase', 'email', 'max:255', 'unique:'.User::class],
            'password' => ['required', 'confirmed', Rules\Password::defaults()],
        ]);

        $user = User::create([
            'name' => $request->name,
            'email' => $request->email,
            'password' => Hash::make($request->string('password')),
        ]);

        event(new Registered($user));

        Auth::login($user);

        return response()->noContent();
    }
}

//auth.php

Route::post('/register', [RegisteredUserController::class, 'store'])
    ->middleware('guest')
    ->name('register');

I have a problem when adding a record to the database. When I receive a 200 response code with redirected: true, the record is not added to my users table. However, if I receive a 204 response with redirected: false, the record is added successfully.

I also noticed in Postman that if I log out and then register again, I receive a 204 response code.

//Register.jsx

async function handleRegister(e) {
    e.preventDefault();
    
    await fetch('http://localhost:8000/sanctum/csrf-cookie', {
        method: "GET",
        credentials: "include"
    });

    // Extract CSRF token
    const csrfToken = decodeURIComponent(
        document.cookie.split('; ').find(row => row.startsWith('XSRF-TOKEN='))?.split('XSRF-TOKEN=')[1] || ''
      );
    console.log(csrfToken);
 
    const res = await fetch('http://localhost:8000/register', {
        method: "POST",
        headers: {
            "X-XSRF-TOKEN": csrfToken
        },
        credentials: "include",
        body: JSON.stringify(formData),
    });

    if (!res.ok) {  
        console.error("Registration failed:", res);
        if (res.errors) {
            setErrors(res.errors);
            console.error("Errors:", res.errors);
        }
    } else {
        navigate("/login");
        console.log(res);
    }
}

//RegisteredUserController.php

namespace App\Http\Controllers\Auth;

use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use App\Models\User;
use Illuminate\Auth\Events\Registered;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Http\Response;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash;
use Illuminate\Validation\Rules;

class RegisteredUserController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * Handle an incoming registration request.
     *
     * @throws \Illuminate\Validation\ValidationException
     */
    public function store(Request $request): Response
    {
        $request->validate([
            'name' => ['required', 'string', 'max:255'],
            'email' => ['required', 'string', 'lowercase', 'email', 'max:255', 'unique:'.User::class],
            'password' => ['required', 'confirmed', Rules\Password::defaults()],
        ]);

        $user = User::create([
            'name' => $request->name,
            'email' => $request->email,
            'password' => Hash::make($request->string('password')),
        ]);

        event(new Registered($user));

        Auth::login($user);

        return response()->noContent();
    }
}

//auth.php

Route::post('/register', [RegisteredUserController::class, 'store'])
    ->middleware('guest')
    ->name('register');

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• when I clear my table using migrate:fresh and register, I receive a 204 response code. However, when I try to register again, I get a 200 response, even though I haven't logged in yet. – Angelica Commented Mar 13 at 13:17

1 Answer 1

it doesn't matter if you register again even if never logged in. registering the same user results in a failure in the body payload validation:

'email' => ['required', 'string', 'lowercase', 'email', 'max:255', 'unique:'.User::class],

as you can see the email must be unique. In addition i would recomend to return a 201 status code for successfully created resources in the database. Try with a response like this, to handle request meant for json responses and for webapp navigation:

return $request->wantsJson()
       ? new JsonResponse([], 201) 
         : redirect($this->redirectPath());