feat: defined the API route and get all categories

Author: ahmadhuss

app/Http/Controllers/Api/CategoryController.php

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Http\Controllers\Api;
+
+use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
+use App\Models\Category;
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use Illuminate\Http\Resources\Json\ResourceResponse;
+
+class CategoryController extends Controller
+{
+    public function index(){
+         return Category::orderBy('id')->get(); // Laravel will return as JSON format.
+    }
+}

routes/api.php

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
+use App\Http\Controllers\Api\CategoryController;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
 
@@ -17,3 +18,6 @@
 Route::middleware('auth:api')->get('/user', function (Request $request) {
     return $request->user();
 });
+
+// API route
+Route::get('categories', [CategoryController::class, 'index']);