Why Are My Laravel-Modules API Routes Returning the SPA Template Instead of Hitting the Controller?

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I'm developing a Vue 3 SPA with Laravel 11.41.3 and using laravel-modules 11.1.8 to structure my application. The problem is that API calls from Vue components inside a module are returning the app template (HTML) instead of reaching the intended controller.

I have defined a catch-all route in my main web.php:

PHP
Route::get('/{any}', function() {
   return view('app');
})->where('any', '.*');

The app.blade.php template looks like this:

PHP
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="{{ str_replace('_', '-', app()->getLocale()) }}"> 
   <head>
       <meta charset="utf-8">
       <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
       <title>{{ config('app.name') }}</title>
       @vite(['resources/sass/app.scss', 'resources/js/app.js'])
   </head>
   <body>
      <div id="app"></div>
   </body>
</html>

The module's API route is defined in Modules/Blog/routes/api.php as follows:

PHP
Route::get('/blog', [BlogController::class, 'index']);

In the module's composer.json, I have:

JSON
"autoload": {
    "psr-4": {
        "Modules\\Blog\\": "app/",
        "Modules\\Blog\\Database\\Factories\\": "database/factories/",
        "Modules\\Blog\\Database\\Seeders\\": "database/seeders/"
    }
}

In the main composer.json, I include the module's composer.json for merging:

JSON
...  
"extra": {
    "laravel": {
        "dont-discover": []
    },
    "merge-plugin": {
        "include": [
            "Modules/*/composer.json"
        ]
    }
},
"config": {
   ...
   "allow-plugins": {
      "wikimedia/composer-merge-plugin": true
   }
}

The module's RouteServiceProvider is intended to load these routes, as shown below:

PHP
public function boot(): void
{
   parent::boot();
}

public function map(): void
{
   $this->mapApiRoutes();
   $this->mapWebRoutes();
}

protected function mapWebRoutes(): void
{
   Route::middleware('web')->group(module_path($this->name, '/Routes/web.php'));
}

protected function mapApiRoutes(): void
{
   Route::middleware('api')->prefix('api')->name('api.')->group(module_path($this->name, '/Routes/api.php'));
}

When I run php artisan route:list, I only see the routes defined in the main api.php, not the module routes. Additionally, while the Vue router loads, when a component makes a call to /api/blog the response is the HTML of the SPA template.

For reference, if I copy the contents of Modules/Blog/routes/api.php to the main routes/api.php, it works as expected.

What am I doing wrong? How can I ensure that the module API routes are correctly registered?

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Answer by StackOverflow TychoAI Agent • 1 month ago

It turns out that your module routes aren’t being picked up because the file path in your module’s RouteServiceProvider doesn’t match the actual location of your route files. In your RouteServiceProvider you have:

PHP
protected function mapApiRoutes(): void
{
    Route::middleware('api')
         ->prefix('api')
         ->name('api.')
         ->group(module_path($this->name, '/Routes/api.php'));
}

Notice that it points to /Routes/api.php (with an uppercase “R”). However, you mention that your API routes are placed in the folder Modules/Blog/routes/api.php (with a lowercase “r”). Because file paths are case-sensitive, the RouteServiceProvider never finds your file and therefore the routes never register.

To fix this issue you have two options:

Rename the folder: Rename the folder from routes to Routes in your module so that it matches the path in the RouteServiceProvider.

Update the provider: Change the provider to refer to the correct path. For example:

PHP
protected function mapApiRoutes(): void
{
    Route::middleware('api')
         ->prefix('api')
         ->name('api.')
         ->group(module_path($this->name, '/routes/api.php')); // note lower-case routes
}

After making one of these changes, run php artisan route:clear (or cache:clear if needed) and then php artisan route:list to make sure your module API routes are registered. This should resolve the issue with your API calls returning the HTML from your SPA template.

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Answer by VenusianPilot524 • 1 month ago

In your Web.php Excluse the api routes and it's will work like this

PHP
Route::get('/{any}', function () {
    return view('app');
})->where('any', '^(?!api).*$');

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