Laravel Testings - All api calls 403 error.

I've got an application that i've started writing tests for. The auth was generated with Laravel UI, but the dashboard you get to is written in VUE.js. So i've needed to use the API.

I'm creating some tests but everytime i try to do this i get a 403 error for unauthorized. The only thing i can think of is something is missing from my request headers. Its worth noting that all the routes work correctly on the frontend and trying to access them via the api route shows the correct response with logged in or not/or has the correct permissions.

My api.php

Route::middleware('auth')->group(function () {
    Route::apiResource('users', UserController::class);
    Route::apiResource('roles', RoleController::class);
    Route::apiResource('permission-groups', PermissionGroupController::class);
    Route::apiResource('customers', CustomerController::class);
    Route::apiResource('packages', PackageController::class);
    Route::apiResource('projects', ProjectController::class);

    // Tasks
    Route::apiResource('tasks', TaskController::class);
    Route::patch('tasks/{task}/completed', [TaskController::class, 'complete'])->name('task.complete');
    Route::patch('tasks/{task}/order', [TaskController::class, 'order']);
    Route::apiResource('/tasks/{task}/notes', NoteController::class, ['except' => ['index', 'show', 'update']]);
    Route::patch('/tasks/{task}/status', [TaskController::class, 'status']);
});

My test case that fails -

class ExampleTest extends TestCase
{
    use RefreshDatabase;

    /**
     * Test the api returns customers
     *
     * @test
     * @return void
     */
    public function api_gets_customers(): void
    {
        $this->login();
        $response = $this->getJson('api/customers');
        $response->assertStatus(200);
    }

The login function from testCase that the test extends. Its woth noting that all the permissions and roles are correct on the user from acting as

    protected function login(array $states = null)
    {
        $factory = User::factory();
        $this->actingAs($this->actor = $factory->create(), 'web');

        if (!$this->actor->roles->count()) {
            $this->actor->setRelation('roles', collect([
                (new Role(['name' => 'Test Role']))->setRelation('permissions', Permission::all())
            ]));
        }

        return $this;
    }

Is there something that i'm doing wrong to the login part that requires something extra to access the API?