Laravel 12 REST API CRUD operations with Image Upload, CORS & Clean URLs – Step-by-Step Tutorial

🔧 Laravel 12 REST API CRUD Operations with Image Upload – Full Guide
In this step-by-step Laravel 12 tutorial, you’ll learn how to build a RESTful API that supports full CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) functionality with image upload, CORS configuration, and clean URL routing.

📌 What You'll Learn
✅ Setting up a Laravel 12 project
✅ Creating migration and model for an image-based resource
✅ Building API controllers using Laravel Resource Routes
✅ Handling image upload and storage securely
✅ Managing CORS to allow cross-origin requests (perfect for front-end frameworks like React/Vue)
✅ Using clean, readable API endpoints
✅ Testing API with Postman or frontend client

📁 Tech Stack: Laravel 12, PHP 8+, MySQL, Postman
📂 Image upload is stored via Laravel's Storage system (public or local disk).

🔍 Ideal for:

Beginners starting API development in Laravel

Full-stack developers integrating frontends with Laravel backends

Anyone needing a quick guide to image upload in Laravel APIs

💡 Whether you’re building a blog, product catalog, or user profile system, this tutorial gives you the essential building blocks.

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