Calling API routes in Laravel

In Laravel 5.3  the API routes are moved to api.php file. Suppose you have created a route as given below.

Route::get('/test',function(){
return "ok"; 
});

Normally you will call the route with a url like, http://localhost:8080/test/public/test. It will give a NotFoundHttpException.

Instead write a url like this

http://localhost:8080/api/test
which will return the page for you.

In the RouteServiceProvider.php the API prefix for API routes are set as default.

protected function mapApiRoutes()
{
    Route::group([
        'middleware' => 'api',
        'namespace' => $this->namespace,
        'prefix' => 'api',
    ], function ($router) {
        require base_path('routes/api.php');
    });


}