Why Are Laravel API Routes in routes/api.php Returning 404?

I'm new to Laravel and backend development, and I'm trying to create several REST APIs for my frontend following the official docs. However, I'm encountering a problem: when I access my API routes, I get a 404 error, and they don't show up when I run commands like php artisan route:list.

I set up a UserController with all the necessary methods and defined my routes in the routes/api.php file as shown below:

• I tried common commands such as:

  • php artisan route:clear
  • php artisan config:clear
  • php artisan cache:clear
  • php artisan route:list

The routes still don’t appear, and I'm unsure why. Here’s my code:

PHPCopied
<?php

use App\Http\Controllers\UserController;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;

Route::controller(UserController::class)->group(function () {
    Route::post('/auth/register', 'register');
    Route::post('/auth/login', 'login');
    Route::post('auth/forgotpassword', 'forgotPassword')->name('password.reset');
    Route::post('auth/resetPassword', 'resetPassword')->name('password.update');
});

Any help understanding why my routes are not being listed and are resulting in 404 errors would be appreciated.