Laravel Seperate folders for Web and API Controllers causing error - laravel

Question

Im currently trying to create an API for my laravel project,
I have decided to move my API controllers into a subfolder of Controllers. This is the folder structure:
This is the routes file for the api:
<?php
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use app\Http\Controllers\APIControllers;
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| API Routes
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| Here is where you can register API routes for your application. These
| routes are loaded by the RouteServiceProvider within a group which
| is assigned the "api" middleware group. Enjoy building your API!
|
*/
Route::group(['prefix' => 'v1'], function() {
Route::get('/event_locations', 'EventLocationsAPIController#all');
});
And this is the EventLocationsAPIController:
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers\APIControllers;
use App\EventLocation;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
class EventLocationAPIController extends Controller
{
public function all()
{
$locations = EventLocation::all();
return response()->json($locations);
}
}
When I send an GET request to /api/v1/event_locations I get the following error
Target class [App\Http\Controllers\EventLocationsAPIController] does not exist.
Any help would be appreciated!

Answer 1

You need to declare the namespace in route group as well.
Route::group(['prefix' => 'v1','namespace'=>'APIControllers'], function() {
Route::get('/event_locations', 'EventLocationAPIController#all');
});
you have given EventLocations plural and the controller name is singular EventLocation change the name of the controller as EventLocationAPIController in the route file.

Answer 2

You have to declare your nameaspace on router's group like this:
Route::namespace('APIControllers')->group(function () {
// Controllers Within The "App\Http\Controllers\APIControllers" Namespace
Route::group(['prefix' => 'v1'], function() {
Route::get('/event_locations', 'EventLocationAPIController#all');
});
});
Check Laravel docs for more info.