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That's a middleware group that is applied to your endpoint. So in your app/Http/Kernel.php you can see which middlewares are in that group, and the request will need to pass all of them in order to get to your controller.
Mar 2, 2022
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what is the use api middleware in laravel 8
I am using default api middleware in laravel.can any one tell me what is the use of api middleware?
Route::group(['middleware' => ['api']], function(){
Route::get('get-list-users',[App\Http\Controllers\UserListApiController::class, 'list_of_users']);
});
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@Nakov thank you .can we avoid api routes accessed by using a url bar?
Level 73
@Shawdow yes you can. You can use Sanctum for example and add a middleware to protect the routes
https://laravel.com/docs/9.x/sanctum#protecting-routes
so unless you need the check for SPA then you can just use the Token based authentication which will require a Authorization header on each request.
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@Nakov after adding token based authentication users can hit url from the browser.suppose if they hit from the browser url bar it says "token is required" message.so this how we will protect the routes from browser from your point view?
Level 73
@Shawdow no it will redirect them to a login page, as that endpoint will be protected. Why would anyone know your API endpoints is a different kind of question, but I really don't have a clue on what you are doing to give you better answer. So please read about it, or watch some of the thousands of videos about Rest API with Laravel.
Here is one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT-GJQIY3EU&ab_channel=TraversyMedia
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@Nakov ok thank you
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