How to use API Routes in Laravel 5.3
You call it by
http://localhost:8080/api/test ^^^If you look in app/Providers/RouteServiceProvider.php you'd see that by default it sets the api prefix for API routes, which you can change of course if you want to.
protected function mapApiRoutes(){ Route::group([ 'middleware' => 'api', 'namespace' => $this->namespace, 'prefix' => 'api', ], function ($router) { require base_path('routes/api.php'); });}
If you want to customize this or add your own separate routes files, check out App\Providers\RouteServiceProvider for inspiration
routes/api.php
Route::get('/test', function () { return response('Test API', 200) ->header('Content-Type', 'application/json');});Mapping is defined in service provider App\Providers\RouteServiceProvider
protected function mapApiRoutes(){ Route::group([ 'middleware' => ['api', 'auth:api'], 'namespace' => $this->namespace, 'prefix' => 'api', ], function ($router) { require base_path('routes/api.php'); });}