Routing when using api controller - laravel

Question

i am really frustrated and dont know why i cannot route to my specified page like
profile
i am using an api controller and this is my controller and i am trying just to return a view
public function profile()
{
return view('layouts.main');
}
as simple as thats it just to return a view , all it does is that it reloads my welcome page
please i need your assistance
here is my api controller
Route::middleware('auth:api')->get('/user', function (Request $request) {
return $request->user();
});
Route::apiResources(['user' => 'API\UserController']);
Route::get('profile', 'API\UserController#profile')->name('profile');
Route::put('profile', 'API\UserController#updateProfile');
Route::get('findUser', 'API\UserController#search');
Route::apiResources(['service' => 'API\ServiceController']);

Answer 1

If you put this in your api.php
for laravel 8
Route::resource("/users",UserController::class);
Than the routes will be automatically prefixed with /api. So the routes will look like this:
/api/users
/api/users/{user}
...
So you just have to suppose that the api prefix, is automatically added from routes/api.php.
but if you put it in your web.php
Route::resource("/users",UserController::class);
the routes will look like this:
{{ route('users.index') }}
{{ route('users.profile') }}
...
for create an action like profile you have to make that:
Route::resourse('profile',[UserController::class,'profile')->name('profile');
For more information about your routes, you can run php artisan route:list and you can check how do your routes look like.