How to remove "api" Prefix from URL

For Laravel 5.5:wn vote

accepted

It's just prefix to differ your api routes from other routes. You can add something different from apito here.

In app\Providers\RouterServiceProvider change this function:

   /**
     * Define the "api" routes for the application.
     *
     * These routes are typically stateless.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    protected function mapApiRoutes()
    {
        Route::prefix('api')
             ->middleware('api')
             ->namespace($this->namespace)
             ->group(base_path('routes/api.php'));
    }

Remove prefixe line:

   /**
     * Define the "api" routes for the application.
     *
     * These routes are typically stateless.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    protected function mapApiRoutes()
    {
        Route::middleware('api')
             ->namespace($this->namespace)
             ->group(base_path('routes/api.php'));
    }