How to use API Routes in Laravel 5.3 - api

Question

In Laravel 5.3 API routes were moved into the api.php file. But how can I call a route in api.php file? I tried to create a route like this:
Route::get('/test',function(){
return "ok";
});
I tried the following URLs but both returned the NotFoundHttpException exception:
http://localhost:8080/test/public/test
http://localhost:8080/test/public/api/test
How can I call this API route?

Answer 1

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');
});
}

Answer 2

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');
});
}