An extension of TrimmedFormRequest.php.Makes requests validate only and does not submit after validation passes but rather returns a json response

AjaxValidatableRequest.php

<?php
namespace App\Http\Requests;

use Illuminate\Validation\ValidationException;

/**
 * Description of AjaxValidatableFormRequest
 *
 * @author msalisu
 */
class AjaxValidatableFormRequest extends TrimmedFormRequest
{
    public function validate()
    {
        $this->prepareForValidation();

        $instance = $this->getValidatorInstance();

        if (! $this->passesAuthorization()) {
            $this->failedAuthorization();
        } elseif (! $instance->passes()) {
            $this->failedValidation($instance);
        }
        
        if($this->ajax() && $this->has('validate_only')){
            throw new ValidationException($instance,$this->validationResponse());
        }
    }
    
    public function validationResponse(){
        return response()->json(['code' => '000']);
    }
           
    /**
     * Get data to be validated from the request.
     *
     * @return array
     */
    protected function validationData()
    {
        return $this->all();
    }   
}