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Laravel Eloquent is an easy way to interact with your database. It is an object-relational mapper (ORM) that simplifies the complexities of databases by providing a model to interact with tables.
As such, Laravel Eloquent has excellent tools for creating and testing APIs to support your development. In this hands-on article, you’ll see how easy it is to create and test APIs using Laravel.
In this demonstration, you’ll start by creating a model that you can use to build the API and database table. Then, you’ll see how to add a controller as a business logic layer and a route to complete the API. You’ll then learn how to perform testing APIs using Postman before finally focusing on authentication and error handling.