dairy-app-api/app/Http/Requests/ApiRequest.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Requests;

use Illuminate\Contracts\Validation\Validator;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest;
use Illuminate\Http\Exceptions\HttpResponseException;

class ApiRequest extends FormRequest
{
    protected function failedValidation(Validator $validator)
    {
        throw new HttpResponseException(
            response()->json(["status" => false, "errors" => $validator->errors()], 422)
        );
    }
}