<ol>
<li>Create a folder named api in routes</li>
<li>Copy routes\api.php into the api folder</li>
<li>Rename api.php to v1.php</li>
<li>Change below app\Providers\RouteServiceProvers.php<pre><code class="lang-php"> Route::prefix('api')
 -&gt;middleware('api')
 -&gt;namespace($this-&gt;namespace)
 -&gt;group(base_path('routes/api.php'));
</code></pre>
into<pre><code class="lang-php"> // example route will be /api/v1/users
 Route::prefix('api/v1') // add a version number
 -&gt;middleware('api')
 -&gt;namespace($this-&gt;namespace)
 -&gt;group(base_path('routes/api/v1.php')); // update the path to the api routes
</code></pre>
</li>
</ol>

1. Create a folder named **api** in **routes**
2. Copy **routes\api.php** into the **api** folder
3. Rename **api.php** to **v1.php**
4. Change below **app\Providers\RouteServiceProvers.php**
    ```php
    Route::prefix('api')
    	->middleware('api')
    	->namespace($this->namespace)
    	->group(base_path('routes/api.php'));
    ```
into
    ```php
    // example route will be /api/v1/users
    Route::prefix('api/v1') // add a version number
    	->middleware('api')
    	->namespace($this->namespace)
    	->group(base_path('routes/api/v1.php')); // update the path to the api routes
    ```

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