Routing

Effective route structuring is fundamental to a well-designed RESTful API. Always make sure your routes are adhering to the REST principles. Best practices are to stick to the Laravel structure, where this will also work perfectly with the resources controllers.

REST Routes

Resource Controller

Use API Resource Routes: Laravel's Route::apiResource method simplifies the creation of resourceful API routes. It automatically generates routes for standard CRUD operations like index, store, show, update, and destroy.

use App\Http\Controllers\PhotoController;

Route::apiResource('photos', PhotoController::class);

Organize Routes

For larger applications, consider separating routes into multiple files to keep them organized & maintainable.

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
use App\Http\Controllers\PhotoController;

Route::apiResource('photos', PhotoController::class);

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
use App\Http\Controllers\UserController;

Route::apiResource('users', UserController::class);

You can read more on the laravel docs https://laravel.com/docs/12.x/controllers#resource-controllers