Posted By
Bajarangi soft ,
Posted On 18-01-2021
Differentia Between Web And Api Routes In Laravel
| Web.php | API.php |
| The routes/web. php file defines routes that are used to build front end and backend also web interface. | routes/api. php file is used when you want to make a Restful API and to develope backend of project. |
| These routes are assigned the web middleware group, which provides features like session state and CSRF protection. |
The routes in routes/api are stateless and does it mean api routing is not using session state, CSRF protection |
| Web routes, are used when we want to return views. | Api routes, are used when we want to return json ( Api resource/collection ). |
A web POST/PUT request would also create/update some entity but would usually return a redirect to a new page |
An API POST/PUT request would create/update some entity and return a JSON response, like a newly created model for POST, or an updated model for PUT |
POST/PUT Routes in your web.php are called using a simple form. so the form submission will send your form-data to the given endpoint, and it will return the response directly to your browser |
This is useful in cases where you have javascript code calling an AJAX request. When you'd send data to your API endpoint, you should receive a status 200 with a JSON representation of the model you just created/updated. Your javascript code then decides what to do next, like closing a popup window |
Example:
public function index()
{
return view('home');// return to page
}
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Example:
public function index()
{
return response()->json($model);// response with status
}
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