--- title: "Laravel APIs: 3 Bad Practices" url: https://daily.dev/posts/laravel-apis-3-bad-practices-n7uvkkzg2 source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIEbKXeG7rU type: video:youtube source: "Laravel Daily" published: 2025-03-17T06:18:45.451Z updated: 2025-03-17T06:19:01.272Z tags: ["webdev", "php", "laravel"] reading_time: 4 upvotes: 44 comments: 1 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Laravel APIs: 3 Bad Practices **[Laravel Daily](https://daily.dev/sources/laraveldaily)** · 4 min read · 44 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Learn three common bad practices to avoid when building APIs with Laravel: returning success status codes when errors occur, creating custom non-standard routes instead of using Laravel's resource routes, and introducing breaking changes without versioning or maintaining backward compatibility. Avoid these pitfalls for more robust and maintainable APIs. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@nicholasnash** · 0 upvotes > Concise, straightforward advice. Thanks for posting! ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#php](https://daily.dev/tags/php), [#laravel](https://daily.dev/tags/laravel) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/laravel-apis-3-bad-practices-n7uvkkzg2)