laravel session not persisting when view returned - php

Question

I am building a laravel application where I have web and api routes.
I want to store sessions between my routes.
If i store as session without returning a view, it works fine.
But when i return a view my session no longer exists.
My web.php is as follows:
Route::get('/', 'ViewController#index');
Route::get('/check', 'ViewController#check');
My controller
public function index(Request $request)
{
$request->session()->put('test','123456');
$request->session()->save();
//echo $request->session()->get('test', 'default_value');
// return view('welcome'); //If I uncomment this the sessions are not working anymore.
}
public function check(Request $request)
{
echo $request->session()->get('test', 'default_value');
var_dump($request->session()->all());
//return view('welcome');
}
Maybe it has something to do that i also store sessions in my api routes in the api controllers. My api.php:
Route::group(['middleware' => ['web']], function () {
//board
Route::get('/board/create', 'BoardController#create');
Route::post('board/{id}/guess', 'BoardController#guessWord');
Route::get('/board/set', 'BoardController#set');
Route::get('/board/get', 'BoardController#get');
//user
Route::get('/user', 'UserController#get');
Route::post('/user/create', 'UserController#create');
});
kernel.php
<?php
namespace App\Http;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Kernel as HttpKernel;
class Kernel extends HttpKernel
{
/**
* The application's global HTTP middleware stack.
*
* These middleware are run during every request to your application.
*
* #var array
*/
protected $middleware = [
\Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Middleware\CheckForMaintenanceMode::class,
\Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Middleware\ValidatePostSize::class,
\App\Http\Middleware\TrimStrings::class,
\Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Middleware\ConvertEmptyStringsToNull::class,
\App\Http\Middleware\TrustProxies::class,
];
/**
* The application's route middleware groups.
*
* #var array
*/
protected $middlewareGroups = [
'web' => [
\App\Http\Middleware\EncryptCookies::class,
\Illuminate\Cookie\Middleware\AddQueuedCookiesToResponse::class,
\Illuminate\Session\Middleware\StartSession::class,
// \Illuminate\Session\Middleware\AuthenticateSession::class,
\Illuminate\View\Middleware\ShareErrorsFromSession::class,
\App\Http\Middleware\VerifyCsrfToken::class,
\Illuminate\Routing\Middleware\SubstituteBindings::class,
],
'api' => [
'throttle:60,1',
'bindings',
],
];
/**
* The application's route middleware.
*
* These middleware may be assigned to groups or used individually.
*
* #var array
*/
protected $routeMiddleware = [
'auth' => \Illuminate\Auth\Middleware\Authenticate::class,
'auth.basic' => \Illuminate\Auth\Middleware\AuthenticateWithBasicAuth::class,
'bindings' => \Illuminate\Routing\Middleware\SubstituteBindings::class,
'cache.headers' => \Illuminate\Http\Middleware\SetCacheHeaders::class,
'can' => \Illuminate\Auth\Middleware\Authorize::class,
'guest' => \App\Http\Middleware\RedirectIfAuthenticated::class,
'throttle' => \Illuminate\Routing\Middleware\ThrottleRequests::class,
];
}
Thanks!

Answer 1

From the docs api routes does not use StartSession middleware because session is only available in web group of middlewares
So store session only in web routes