Laravel passport doesn't create User - php

Question

I'm trying to register a user via HTTP POST request with PHP Laravel.
Here is my AuthController:
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
use Carbon\Carbon;
use App\User;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Validator;
class AuthController extends Controller
{
public $successStatus = 200;
public function register(Request $request)
{
$request->validate([
'name' => 'required|string',
'email' => 'required|string|email|unique:users',
'password' => 'required|string|confirmed'
]);
$user = new User([
'name' => $request->name,
'email' => $request->email,
'password' => bcrypt($request->password)
]);
$user->save();
$message['success'] = 'Created Account Successfully';
return response()->json([
'message' => $message
], 201);
}
public function login(Request $request){
$request->validate([
'email' => 'required|string|email',
'password' => 'required|string'
]);
$credentials = request(['email', 'password']);
if(Auth::attempt($credentials)){
$user = Auth::user();
$message['token'] = $user->createToken('MyApp')->accessToken;
$message['token_type'] = 'Bearer';
$message['experies_at'] = Carbon::parse(Carbon::now()->addWeeks(1))->toDateTimeString();
$message['success'] = 'Logged in successfully';
return response()->json(['message' => $message], $this->successStatus);
}
else{
return response()->json(['error'=>'Unauthorised'], 401);
}
}
}
And my routes/api.php:
<?php
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
use App\Http\Controllers\AuthController;
Route::post('/users', [AuthController::class, 'register']);
When I send a POST request to http://localhost:8080/api/users/ with name,email and passport parameters, it returns 200 response instead of 201. And it's showing the index page of Laravel, not the response. I checked the database, and user is not created.
Can you help me with what I'm missing?

Answer 1

You could try to change the way you do the route. For exemple:
Route::post('users', 'App\Http\Controllers\UsersController#register');
I dont really get why you do: public $successStatus = 200;
Maybe try to remove this line.