🎯 Comprehensive Guide Contents - Expert Analysis

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Professional Laravel API Setup
RESTful API endpoints implementation
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Expert React Frontend Development
Professional API consumption with Axios
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Professional Authentication
Laravel Sanctum token authentication
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Expert CORS Configuration
Professional cross-origin request management

🐘 Laravel Backend API Professional Setup - Technical Reference

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Professional Laravel Project Creation
BASH Terminal 
# Laravel projesi oluştur
composer create-project laravel/laravel blog-api

cd blog-api

# Sanctum yükle (API authentication için)
composer require laravel/sanctum

# Sanctum publish et
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Laravel\Sanctum\SanctumServiceProvider"

# Migration'ları çalıştır
php artisan migrate

# Development server başlat
php artisan serve
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Expert CORS Configuration - Best Practices

Professional CORS configuration for React frontend Laravel API access - comprehensive implementation:

PHP config/cors.php 
<?php
return [
    'paths' => ['api/*', 'sanctum/csrf-cookie'],
    'allowed_methods' => ['*'],
    'allowed_origins' => ['http://localhost:3000', 'http://127.0.0.1:3000'],
    'allowed_origins_patterns' => [],
    'allowed_headers' => ['*'],
    'exposed_headers' => [],
    'max_age' => 0,
    'supports_credentials' => true,
];
Professional Security Best Practices

Production environment'da 'allowed_origins' => ['*'] kullanmayın! Expert recommendation: Sadece güvendiğiniz domains'leri specify edin.

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Professional Model & Migration Implementation
BASH Terminal 
# Post model ve migration oluştur
php artisan make:model Post -m

# Controller oluştur
php artisan make:controller Api/PostController --api

Migration dosyasını düzenleyelim:

PHP database/migrations/create_posts_table.php 
<?php
use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;

return new class extends Migration
{
    public function up()
    {
        Schema::create('posts', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->id();
            $table->string('title');
            $table->text('content');
            $table->string('author');
            $table->string('image_url')->nullable();
            $table->timestamps();
        });
    }

    public function down()
    {
        Schema::dropIfExists('posts');
    }
};
BASH 
# Migration'ı çalıştır
php artisan migrate
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Expert API Controller Development - Technical Implementation
PHP app/Http/Controllers/Api/PostController.php