/**
* Returns one item from Inventory matching the barcode
* that was requested from Ajax call
*
* @param Request $request (Ajax)
*
* @return json array
*/
public function instantSearchBarcode(Request $request)
{
$barcode = $request->input('query');
if ($barcode[0] == "(") {
$barcode = rtrim($request->input('query'), ")");
$barcode = trim($barcode, "(");
}
$result = Inventory::findByBarcode($barcode);
return json_encode($result);
}
