Laravel 5: Post - Pass Arguments To Controller - php

Question

I think what I want is quite basic, I just can't find the proper syntax as I am still learning Laravel.
So, I am using google verification for sign ins on my website. This entails a post request to my backend that has to be handled, I have put this logic in a controller. My routes.php:
Route::post('google' , [
'as' => 'verify.index',
'uses' => 'verify#verifyIdToken'
]);
My controller (verify.php):
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
class verify extends Controller
{
public function verifyIdToken($token)
{
$token = $_POST['id'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
return $this->getAuth()->verifyIdToken($token);
echo $this->getAuth()->verifyIdToken($token);
return view('aviewII')->with(['verify' => json_encode(verifyIdToken($token)),'email'=> json_encode($email)]);
}
}
Of course, because of how the function in the controller is written, I get the following error Missing argument 1 for App\Http\Controllers\verify::verifyIdToken() My question is, how do I tell the function in the controller to take $_POST['id'] as the argument for $token?
Something like this:
Route::post('google' , [
'as' => 'verify.index',
'uses' => 'verify#verifyIdToken ~with $_POST['id'] as $token'
]);
For additional reference, my actual post request looks like this:
$.post( "http://example.com/google", {email:profile.getEmail(),id:id_token} );

Answer 1

Controller method:
public function verifyIdToken(Request $request)
{
// Not necessary but a better practice for ajax 'POST' responses.
if($request->ajax() && $request->isMethod('post'))
{
return $request::get('token');
}
}
Route:
Route::post('google', ['as' => 'some.alias', 'uses' => 'SomeController#verifyIdToken']);

Answer 2

You are looking for Laravel's request class. You should type-hint the class on your method, which then allows loads of options to actually obtain the data. Something like:
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
public function verifyIdToken(Request $request)
{
$token = $request->input('id');
$email = $request->input('email');
return $this->getAuth()->verifyIdToken($token);
echo $this->getAuth()->verifyIdToken($token);
return view('aviewII')->with(['verify' => json_encode(verifyIdToken($token)),'email'=> json_encode($email)]);
}
The documentation on it has tons more useful information.