Fix for api not being to see session data

so there was an error when trying to use services for API controllers
that was happening because the api middleware didn't pass the same info
as web middleware, resulting in session info not being passed to
controllers used in the api

after a bit of reading discovered necessary middleware could be added to
api routing so session data is available in in api routing

whew

app/Http/Kernel.php

@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ class Kernel extends HttpKernel
             // \Laravel\Sanctum\Http\Middleware\EnsureFrontendRequestsAreStateful::class,
             \Illuminate\Routing\Middleware\ThrottleRequests::class . ':api',
             \Illuminate\Routing\Middleware\SubstituteBindings::class,
+            //added middleware so api has access to session data
+            \App\Http\Middleware\EncryptCookies::class,
+            \Illuminate\Cookie\Middleware\AddQueuedCookiesToResponse::class,
+            \Illuminate\Session\Middleware\StartSession::class,
+            \Illuminate\View\Middleware\ShareErrorsFromSession::class,
         ],
     ];
 

routes/api.php

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <?php
 
-use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
 use App\Http\Controllers\API\AuthAPIController;
 
@@ -16,7 +15,3 @@ use App\Http\Controllers\API\AuthAPIController;
 */
 
 Route::get("/v1/status", [AuthAPIController::class, 'status']);
-
-Route::middleware('auth:sanctum')->get('/user', function (Request $request) {
-    return $request->user();
-});