How Laravel determines ajax request
This is done by Symfony http-foundation
symfony/http-foundation/Request.php
public function isXmlHttpRequest() {
return 'XMLHttpRequest' == $this->headers->get('X-Requested-With');
}
To see if Laravel “thinks” request is ajax call this function
Request::ajax()
To force Postman make ajax request, add this header
X-Requested-With=XMLHttpRequest