go to app/Http/Kernel.php and add your own name like ‘sessions’ to the $middlewareGroups. It should contain \Illuminate\Session\Middleware\StartSession::class,
Assign ‘sessions’ to those routes you want.
protected $middlewareGroups = [
'web' => [
\App\Http\Middleware\EncryptCookies::class,
\Illuminate\Cookie\Middleware\AddQueuedCookiesToResponse::class,
\Illuminate\Session\Middleware\StartSession::class,
\Illuminate\View\Middleware\ShareErrorsFromSession::class,
\App\Http\Middleware\VerifyCsrfToken::class,
],
'api' => [
'throttle:60,1',
],
'sessions' => [
\Illuminate\Session\Middleware\StartSession::class,
]
];
routes/api.php
Route::group(['middleware' => ['sessions']], function () {
Route::resource(...);
});