Laravel Setup For Full REST Mode

This is my setup for full REST model Laravel projects Source: Laracon US 2018: TJ Miller - APIs With Laravel @14:40

Remove middleware Files

Go To app/Http/Kernel.php and remove these middlewares.

• \App\Http\Middleware\EncryptCookies::class
• Redirect If Authenticated
• \App\Http\Middleware\VerifyCsrfToken::class

Remove providers and aliases

Go to config/app.php and remove these providers and Aliases

Providers

• Illuminate\Cookie\CookieServiceProvider::class
• Illuminate\Session\SessionServiceProvider::class,

Aliases

• 'Blade' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Blade::class,

Route Service Provider

• Get rid $this->mapWebRoutes();

Change Default Auth Guard

Go to config/auth.php. Change defaults.guard to api

Make Laravel Always return JSON

• Create a middleware:

namespace App\Http\Middleware;

use Closure;

class AlwaysReturnJson
{
    /**
     * Handle an incoming request.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
     * @param  \Closure  $next
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function handle($request, Closure $next)
    {
        $request->headers->set("Accept", "Application/json");
        
        return $next($request);
    }
}

• Register the middleware to global middleware in app\Http\Kernel.php