Class api-v1 does not exist

[ghost]

Hi, I'm getting this error for some reason while trying to access the index route of a model.

ReflectionException in Container.php line 749:
Class api-v1 does not exist

I'm using laravel 5.3 and the routes are set up differently compared to the demo project.

[lindyhopchris]

Hi! Bit difficult to diagnose based on what you've put, but I strongly suspect that you've got a middleware referenced as api-v1, but as you haven't registered anything on your HTTP Kernel for that name, it's trying to instantiate a class via the container instead.

The demo app use of api-v1 is a reference to a middleware group defined here:
https://github.com/cloudcreativity/demo-laravel-json-api/blob/master/app/Http/Kernel.php#L50

You can see that the group includes the JSON API middleware which is json-api:v1, with the v1 part of that referencing the v1 definition in the JSON API config file here:
https://github.com/cloudcreativity/demo-laravel-json-api/blob/master/config/json-api.php#L51

Does that help?

[ghost]

That was it! Thanks a lot! Altho I couldn't find anywhere in the wiki something related to that, during the configuration/installation.

[lindyhopchris]

Yeah, I need to write the wiki - haven't had time yet.

[roberttolton]

I think I'm having a similar issue, except mine says:

ReflectionException in Container.php line 749:
Class api does not exist

So it's trying to find api somewhere and failing, but I've not got anything defined as just api:

/routes/api.php

Route::group( [
    'middleware' => [ 'api-v1', 'cors', 'jwt.response_override' ],
    'namespace' => 'Api',
    'prefix' => 'v1',
    'as' => 'api-v1::'
], function () {
    JsonApi::resource( 'posts' );
} );

Kernel.php (middleware groups):

'api-v1' => [
    'json-api:v1',
    CheckForMaintenanceMode::class,
    'throttle:60,1',
    'bindings',
],

json-api.php:

'namespaces' => [
    'v1' => [
        'url-prefix' => '/api/v1',
        'supported-ext' => null,
        'paging' => [
            'page' => null,
            'per-page' => null,
        ],
        'paging-meta' => [
            'current-page' => null,
            'per-page' => null,
            'first-item' => null,
            'last-item' => null,
            'total' => null,
            'last-page' => null,
        ],
    ],
],

I think that Laravel 5.3, by using the /routes/api.php file is trying to automatically apply the now re-named api middleware group?

[lindyhopchris]

@roberttolton what's in your RouteServiceProvider?

[roberttolton]

@lindyhopchris Ah, indeed, it's the below:

    protected function mapApiRoutes()
    {
        Route::group([
            'middleware' => 'api',
            'namespace' => $this->namespace,
            'prefix' => 'api',
        ], function ($router) {
            require base_path('routes/api.php');
        });
    }

[roberttolton]

Should I change the RouteServiceProvider or leave it the way I have? Just two ways of doing the same I guess, but I wonder what your thoughts are.

[lindyhopchris]

Totally up to you. If you only have one api, then probably just do all the JSON API stuff under the api middleware group. If you have multiple API definitions, I normally have a middleware group for each.