Laravel 5.4 : Api route list - php

Question

I have the following lines in my routes/api.php
Route::middleware('api')->get('/posts', function (Request $request) {
Route::resource('posts','ApiControllers\PostsApiController');
});
When I hit http://localhost:8000/api/posts it comes back blank, but when I move the above route to routes/web.php like so:
Route::group(['prefix' => 'api/v1'],function(){
Route::resource('posts','ApiControllers\PostsApiController');
});
it works.
As a reminder I have cleared the routes cache file with php artisan route:clear and my route list comes with php artisan route:list when my routes/web.php is empty and routes/api.php has the above route:
Domain
Method
URI
Name
Action
Middleware
GET|HEAD
api/posts
Closure
api
Note that with web routes part the list comes ok and works fine.
What am I doing wrong here?

Answer 1

Dont use the middleware api and see following route example for API routes
Example 1 (in your api.php)
Route::get('test',function(){
return response([1,2,3,4],200);
});
visit this route as
localhost/api/test
Example 2 (if you want api authentication, token based auth using laravel passport)
Route::get('user', function (Request $request) {
///// controller
})->middleware('auth:api');
You can make get request for this route but you need to pass the access token because auth:api middleware has been used.
Note: see /app/http/kernel.php
and you can find the
protected $routeMiddleware = [
//available route middlewares
]
There must not be such (api) kind of middle ware in this file (kernel.php) for routes unless you create one, that why you can not use middleware as api.
Here, How I am creating REST APIs (api.php)
//All routes goes outside of this route group which does not require authentication
Route::get('test',function(){
return response([1,2,3,4],200);
});
//following Which require authentication ................
Route::group(['prefix' => 'v1', 'middleware' => 'auth:api'], function(){
Route::get('user-list',"Api\ApiController#getUserList");
Route::post('send-fax', [
'uses'=>'api\ApiController#sendFax',
'as'=>'send-fax'
]);
Route::post('user/change-password', [
'uses'=>'api\ApiController#changePassword',
'as'=>'user/change-password'
]);
});