/** * @param Request $request * @return \Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse|\Illuminate\Routing\Redirector */ public function addDistributor(Request $request) { $distributor = $request->input('name'); $new_dist = new Distributor(); $new_dist->name = $distributor; if ($new_dist->save()) { return response()->json(['added' => true, 'id' => $new_dist->id, 'dateobj' => $new_dist->created_at]); } }