Laravel change password reset response

Question

I'm building an API in Laravel 5.3 and I've to change the default response when a password is being reset.

So how would I do this without making changes to the framework. What I want is this:

In my ResetPasswords trait located here \\Illuminate\\Foundation\\Auth\\ResetPasswords

The default response is:

/**
     * Get the response for a successful password reset.
     *
     * @param  string  $response
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    protected function sendResetResponse($response)
    {
        return redirect($this->redirectPath())
                            ->with('status', trans($response));
    }

    /**
     * Get the response for a failed password reset.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request
     * @param  string  $response
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    protected function sendResetFailedResponse(Request $request, $response)
    {
        return redirect()->back()
                    ->withInput($request->only('email'))
                    ->withErrors(['email' => trans($response)]);
    }

What I want is this:

  /**
     * Get the response for a successful password reset.
     *
     * @param  string  $response
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    protected function sendResetResponse($response)
    {
        return response()->json(['success' => trans($response)]);
    }

    /**
     * Get the response for a failed password reset.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request
     * @param  string  $response
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    protected function sendResetFailedResponse(Request $request, $response)
    {
        return response()->json(['error' => trans($response)], 401);
    }

So how can I accomplish that without making changes to the framework?

Answer 1

Copy the methods in your second codeblock to your ResetPasswordController . This will override the Trait's methods in the controller using it.

By doing so you are not making changes to the Laravel framework and your changes won't be lost on a next composer install.