Laravel 11 RouteServiceProvider

In Laravel 11, the RouteServiceProvider.php file is removed. So the question is how can we configure the routes?

Let's say we want to add API routes with a prefix of /api. In previous Laravel versions this was done in the RouteServiceProvider.php file:

public function boot()
{
  $this->routes(function () {
    Route::middleware('api')
      ->prefix('api')
      ->group(base_path('routes/api.php'));
  });
}

Now in Laravel 11, we need to use the bootstrap/app.php file again:

return Application::configure(basePath: dirname(__DIR__))
  ->withRouting(
    web: __DIR__.'/../routes/web.php',
    api: __DIR__.'/../routes/api.php',
    commands: __DIR__.'/../routes/console.php',
    health: '/up',
    apiPrefix: '/api',
  )

We can check if it works by running the php artisan route:list command:

If you want learn about all Laravel 11 updates, check out this article