Customize how your exceptions are rendered

You can customize how your exceptions are rendered by adding a 'render' method to your exception.

For example, this allows you to return JSON instead of a Blade view when the request expects JSON.

 1abstract class BaseException extends Exception
 2{
 3    public function render(Request $request)
 4    {
 5        if ($request->expectsJson()) {
 6            return response()->json([
 7                'meta' => [
 8                    'valid'   => false,
 9                    'status'  => static::ID,
10                    'message' => $this->getMessage(),
11                ],
12            ], $this->getCode());
13        }
14 
15        return response()->view('errors.' . $this->getCode(), ['exception' => $this], $this->getCode());
16    }
17}

1class LicenseExpiredException extends BaseException
2{
3    public const ID = 'EXPIRED';
4    protected $code = 401;
5    protected $message = 'Given license has expired.'
6}

Tip given by @Philo01