invoiceninja/app/Http/Requests/GroupSetting/StoreGroupSettingRequest.php

<?php
/**
 * Invoice Ninja (https://invoiceninja.com)
 *
 * @link https://github.com/invoiceninja/invoiceninja source repository
 *
 * @copyright Copyright (c) 2020. Invoice Ninja LLC (https://invoiceninja.com)
 *
 * @license https://opensource.org/licenses/AAL
 */

namespace App\Http\Requests\GroupSetting;

use App\DataMapper\ClientSettings;
use App\Http\Requests\Request;
use App\Http\ValidationRules\ValidClientGroupSettingsRule;
use App\Models\GroupSetting;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;

class StoreGroupSettingRequest extends Request
{
    /**
     * Determine if the user is authorized to make this request.
     *
     * @return bool
     */

    public function authorize() : bool
    {
        return auth()->user()->can('create', GroupSetting::class);
    }

    public function rules()
    {
        $rules['name'] = 'required';
        $rules['settings'] = new ValidClientGroupSettingsRule();

        return $rules;
    }

    protected function prepareForValidation()
    {
        $input = $this->all();
        
        $input['settings'] = ClientSettings::defaults();
        
        $this->replace($input);
    }


    public function messages()
    {
        return [
            'settings' => 'settings must be a valid json structure'
        ];
    }
}