Laravel catch Eloquent “Unique” field error

Question

I am trying to identify when inserting a record using eloquent in Laravel when it throws an exception because of a unique field error.

The code I have so far is:

Answer 1

add this code inside class Handler (exception)

if($e instanceof QueryException){
        $errorCode = $e->errorInfo[1];          
        switch ($errorCode) {
            case 1062://code dublicate entry 
                return response([
                    'errors'=>'Duplicate Entry'
                ],Response::HTTP_NOT_FOUND);    
                break;
            case 1364:// you can handel any auther error
                return response([
                    'errors'=>$e->getMessage()
                ],Response::HTTP_NOT_FOUND);                        
                break;      
        }
     }
    ...
    return parent::render($request, $exception);