How to build REST API in Laravel

API is a software intermediary that allows two applications to communicate with each other.

Sometimes you might need to create an app that can be run on different languages or frameworks, for example, you can use Laravel to create the backend for your application while the frontend might run on any JavaScript frameworks(Vue JS, Angular JS, React JS). API allows two or more programs to communicate with each other.
There are different types of APIs, but today we are going to concentrate on RESTful APIs. REST stands for Representational State Transfer, while API stands for Application Programming Interface. You can read more about API from the internet or other programming material.

If you’re looking to build a REST API in Laravel, you’re in luck! Laravel makes it easy to build a RESTful API and there are a number of ways you can do it.

One way to build a REST API in Laravel is to use the Laravel Passport library. Passport is a library that makes it easy to add OAuth2 authentication to your Laravel API.