Laravel API Route Returns 404 Despite Correct Setup in routes/api.php

I’m working on a Laravel API project, and my /api/events route is returning a 404 error even though I’ve set up the EventController and the route in routes/api.php. Despite having the server running correctly and seeing logs for the route, it still doesn’t work, and the route doesn’t appear when I run php artisan route:list.

I have tried defining my API routes in the routes/api.php file and set up the EventController in the Http/Controllers/Api directory. Here’s the relevant code for my setup:

API Route in routes/api.php:

`<?php

use AppHttpControllersApiAttendeeController;
use AppHttpControllersApiEventController;
use IlluminateHttpRequest;
use IlluminateSupportFacadesRoute;

Route::middleware('auth:sanctum')->get('/user', function (Request $request) {
    return $request->user();
});

Route::apiResource('events', EventController::class);

Route::apiResource('events.attendees', AttendeeController::class)
    ->scoped(['attendee' => 'event']);

Route::get('/test', function () {
    return response()->json(['message' => 'Test route']);
});`

EventController in Http/Controllers/Api/EventController.php:

`<?php

namespace AppHttpControllersApi;

use AppHttpControllersController;
use IlluminateHttpRequest;

class EventController extends Controller
{
    public function index()
    {
        return response()->json(['message' => 'Events listed successfully']);
    }

    public function store(Request $request) { /* ... */ }

    public function show(string $id) { /* ... */ }

    public function update(Request $request, string $id) { /* ... */ }

    public function destroy(string $id) { /* ... */ }
}`

RouteServiceProvider.php:

`<?php

namespace AppProviders;

use IlluminateSupportServiceProvider;
use IlluminateSupportFacadesRoute;

class RouteServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
{
    public function boot()
    {
        $this->configureRateLimiting();

        $this->routes(function () {
            Route::prefix('api')
                ->middleware('api')
                ->namespace('AppHttpControllersApi')
                ->group(base_path('routes/api.php'));

            Route::middleware('web')
                ->namespace($this->namespace)
                ->group(base_path('routes/web.php'));
        });
    }
}
`

I expected the /api/events route to display data from the EventController but instead received a 404 error. The server logs show the route is being accessed, but it still returns a 404. I have manually created both api.php and RouteServiceProvider.php as they were missing from my project.

Despite all efforts like clearing configuration cache and publishing vendor files, the php artisan route:list command does not display my API routes, which is unusual.

this is my new tried :

**app.php **

<?php

use IlluminateFoundationApplication;
use IlluminateFoundationConfigurationExceptions;
use IlluminateFoundationConfigurationMiddleware;

return Application::configure(basePath: dirname(__DIR__))
    ->withRouting(
        web: __DIR__.'/../routes/web.php',  // This handles the root ("/") route.
        commands: __DIR__.'/../routes/console.php',
        health: '/up'
    )
    ->withRouting(
        api: __DIR__.'/../routes/api.php',  // This handles API routes.
        apiPrefix: 'api/'                   // Ensure the prefix is used only for API routes.
    )
    ->withMiddleware(function (Middleware $middleware) {
        // Add any middlewares here if necessary.
    })
    ->withExceptions(function (Exceptions $exceptions) {
        // Add any exception handling here if necessary.
    })->create();

the results of "php artisan route:list":

  GET|HEAD        api/events ....................................................................... events.index › ApiEventController@index
  POST            api/events ....................................................................... events.store › ApiEventController@store
  GET|HEAD        api/events/{event} ................................................................. events.show › ApiEventController@show
  PUT|PATCH       api/events/{event} ............................................................. events.update › ApiEventController@update
  DELETE          api/events/{event} ........................................................... events.destroy › ApiEventController@destroy
  GET|HEAD        api/events/{event}/attendees ........................................ events.attendees.index › ApiAttendeeController@index
  POST            api/events/{event}/attendees ........................................ events.attendees.store › ApiAttendeeController@store
  GET|HEAD        api/events/{event}/attendees/{attendee} ............................... events.attendees.show › ApiAttendeeController@show
  PUT|PATCH       api/events/{event}/attendees/{attendee} ........................... events.attendees.update › ApiAttendeeController@update
  DELETE          api/events/{event}/attendees/{attendee} ......................... events.attendees.destroy › ApiAttendeeController@destroy
  GET|HEAD        api/test ..................................................................................................................
  GET|HEAD        api/user ..................................................................................................................
  GET|HEAD        sanctum/csrf-cookie ..................................... sanctum.csrf-cookie › LaravelSanctum › CsrfCookieController@show
  GET|HEAD        storage/{path} .............................................................................................. storage.local