404 on GET request Laravel 9 - php

Question

I'm working on a project with the new version of Laravel. My other projects are all previous versions. I tried every artisan clean method to make everything clear. I checked the server requirements, which are precisely the same as how I run my other Laravel 8 projects. But when I request by Postman my API, it returns a 404 page instead of the actual action.
Route
GET|HEAD api/token ... generated::*** › UserController#tokenRequest
api.php
Route::get('token', [UserController::class, 'tokenRequest']);
I return a simple response with a token. If there is a PHP error, I'll see it and not return with a 404, which is weird. I had the same problem with my other projects, but it was just a mod_rewrite issue, but I all checked those options. Each is set correctly in the .conf. I use apache on my Ubuntu 20.04 server, like my other projects. The only difference is the Laravel version.
URL that I use:
https://example.com/directory/api/token
Public directory URL is working perfectly.
https://example.com/directory/public
Custom domain .conf
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName example.com
ServerAlias www.example.com
ServerAdmin webmaster#domain1.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html
<Directory /var/www/html>
Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/example.com-error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/example.com.log combined

Answer 1

I usually setup vhost for each project and this is how it looks like for me:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName example.com
ServerAlias www.example.com
ServerAdmin webmaster#domain1.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/example.com/public
<Directory "/var/www/html/example.com/public">
AllowOverride All
ReWriteEngine On
Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
Order allow,deny
allow from all
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/example.com-error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/example.com.log combined
and this worked for all my laravel apps