Laravel Exception Handler for API

Handler.php

<?php

namespace App\Exceptions;

use Illuminate\Foundation\Exceptions\Handler as ExceptionHandler;
use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;
use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
use Throwable;

class Handler extends ExceptionHandler
{
    /**
     * A list of the exception types that are not reported.
     *
     * @var array
     */
    protected $dontReport = [
        //
    ];

    /**
     * A list of the inputs that are never flashed for validation exceptions.
     *
     * @var array
     */
    protected $dontFlash = [
        'password',
        'password_confirmation',
    ];

    /**
     * Report or log an exception.
     *
     * @param  \Throwable  $exception
     * @return void
     *
     * @throws \Exception
     */
    public function report(Throwable $exception)
    {
        parent::report($exception);
    }

    /**
     * Render an exception into an HTTP response.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
     * @param  \Throwable  $exception
     * @return \Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response
     *
     * @throws \Throwable
     */
    public function render($request, Throwable $exception)
    {
        if ($request->is('api/*')) {
            return $this->processApiException($request, $exception);
        }

        return parent::render($request, $exception);
    }

    protected function processApiException($request, $exception)
    {
        $errorStatus = method_exists($exception, 'getStatusCode') ? $exception->getStatusCode() : 500;

        $errorResponse = [
            'message' => $exception->getMessage() ?: 'Something went wrong',
            'trace' => app()->environment() == 'local' ? $exception->getTrace() : null,
            'errors' => method_exists($exception, 'errors') ? $exception->errors() : [],
        ];

        if ($exception instanceof \Illuminate\Validation\ValidationException) {
            $errorStatus = 422;
        }

        if ($exception instanceof \Illuminate\Auth\AuthenticationException || 
            $exception instanceof \Illuminate\Auth\Access\AuthorizationException) {
            $errorStatus = 401;
        }

        if ($exception instanceof \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\ModelNotFoundException) {
            $errorStatus = 404;
        }

        $errorResponse['status'] = $errorStatus;

        return response()->json($errorResponse, $errorStatus);
    }
}