From 8e7672fc040691e8707a30588045d15540def051 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joseph Silber <contact@josephsilber.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2016 08:46:26 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Return JSON for unauthenticated AJAX requests

---
 app/Exceptions/Handler.php | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/app/Exceptions/Handler.php b/app/Exceptions/Handler.php
index 280e7e373d8..02af858b161 100644
--- a/app/Exceptions/Handler.php
+++ b/app/Exceptions/Handler.php
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public function render($request, Exception $e)
     protected function unauthenticated($request, AuthenticationException $e)
     {
         if ($request->ajax() || $request->wantsJson()) {
-            return response('Unauthorized.', 401);
+            return response()->json(['error' => 'Unauthenticated.'], 401);
         } else {
             return redirect()->guest('login');
         }