What should happen when API route doesn't found or match?

try the code into app/Exceptions/Handler.php

public function render($request, Exception $exception)
{
    if ($exception instanceof NotFoundHttpException) {
        if ($request->is('api/*')) {
            return response()->json(['error' => 'Not Found'], 404);
        }
        return response()->view('404', [], 404);
    }
    return parent::render($request, $exception);
}

Would I need any route also in api.php?

yes would need the api's in the api.php, and by default all the api's start from prefix 'api/', if u r using any custom prefixes than u need to update the above code.

@rugiguru Thanks for your reply, Did not work, in Postman when I use pretty with JSON it says unexpected '<' and in Preview it shows No message.

@rugiguru this is my api.php Route::post('login', 'API\UserController@login'); Route::post('register', 'API\UserController@register');

//Route::controller('/','API\UserController');

Route::group(['middleware' => 'auth:api'], function(){

Route::post('details', 'API\ShowuserController@details');

Route::get('showall', 'API\ShowuserController@showall');

}); Route::post('show', 'API\ShowuserController@show');

ok use this on top of file

use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\NotFoundHttpException;

This works at browser level not in postman, check with browser once , its working for me

more info can be found at https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43650000/different-responsejson-and-webpage-in-api-and-website-for-laravel-404-and-500

@rugiguru I haven't created view files for this controller's action, so it's showing me this there InvalidArgumentException View [notFound] not found.

@rugiguru many many thanks bro

@SHASHI_VERMA - You are welcome!!. Happy Coding!!!