<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="false"><li>Laravel has two main route files: web.php for traditional web interfaces and api.php for RESTful APIs or mobile app endpoints.</li><li>web.php routes use web middleware group for features like session state, CSRF protection, and UI-focused functionalities.</li><li>api.php routes use the api middleware group designed for stateless API communication, including rate limiting and token-based authentication.</li><li>The URL prefixes differ between web.php (no default prefix) and api.php (automatically prefixed with /api) to differentiate between web routes and APIs.</li></ul>

🚦 Routing in Laravel - web.php vs api.php

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