title: Class api does not exist Reflection Exception on laravel
body: <p>I removed Dingo/api from my laravel 5.4 project.</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li><p>Removed from composer. </p></li>
  <li><p>created new Routes file </p></li>
  <li><p>removed References for Dingo in <code>RouteServiceProvider</code> </p></li>
  <li>Removed Dingo Service Provider from <code>config/app.php</code></li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>However when I call an endpoint, getting this error</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>ReflectionException.. Class api does not exist
    in Container.php line 729</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>My config\app.php</p>
  
  <pre><code>    &lt;?php
  
  return [
      /*
      |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
      | Application Version
      |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
      |
      | This value is the version of your application. This value is used when
      | the framework needs to place the application's version in a notification
      | or any other location as required by the application or its packages.
      */
  
      'version' =&gt; '1.5.159',
  
      'env' =&gt; env('APP_ENV', 'production'),
  
      /*
      |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
      | Application Debug Mode
      |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
      |
      | When your application is in debug mode, detailed error messages with
      | stack traces will be shown on every error that occurs within your
      | application. If disabled, a simple generic error page is shown.
      |
      */
  
      'debug'           =&gt; env('APP_DEBUG', false),
      /*
      |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
      | Application URL
      |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
      |
      | This URL is used by the console to properly generate URLs when using
      | the Artisan command line tool. You should set this to the root of
      | your application so that it is used when running Artisan tasks.
      |
      */
  
      'url'             =&gt; 'http://localhost',
      /*
      |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
      | Application Timezone
      |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
      |
      | Here you may specify the default timezone for your application, which
      | will be used by the PHP date and date-time functions. We have gone
      | ahead and set this to a sensible default for you out of the box.
      |
      */
  
      'timezone'        =&gt; 'UTC',
      /*
      |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
      | Application Locale Configuration
      |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
      |
      | The application locale determines the default locale that will be used
      | by the translation service provider. You are free to set this value
      | to any of the locales which will be supported by the application.
      |
      */
  
      'locale'          =&gt; 'en',
      /*
      |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
      | Application Fallback Locale
      |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
      |
      | The fallback locale determines the locale to use when the current one
      | is not available. You may change the value to correspond to any of
      | the language folders that are provided through your application.
      |
      */
  
      'fallback_locale' =&gt; 'en',
      /*
     |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     | Application Supported Locale
     |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     |
     | The supported locale determines the locale to use across the application.
     | This is used in localization middleware.
     |
     */
  
      'supported_locale'  =&gt; ['en', 'ar'],
      /*
      |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
      | Encryption Key
      |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
      |
      | This key is used by the Illuminate encrypter service and should be set
      | to a random, 32 character string, otherwise these encrypted strings
      | will not be safe. Please do this before deploying an application!
      |
      */
  
      'key'             =&gt; env('APP_KEY', 'test'),
      'cipher'          =&gt; 'AES-256-CBC',
      /*
      |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
      | Logging Configuration
      |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
      |
      | Here you may configure the log settings for your application. Out of
      | the box, Laravel uses the Monolog PHP logging library. This gives
      | you a variety of powerful log handlers / formatters to utilize.
      |
      | Available Settings: "single", "daily", "syslog", "errorlog"
      |
      */
  
      /*those options are overriden in bootstrap/app for info.log and error.log*/
      'log'             =&gt; 'daily',
  
      /*
      |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
      | MaxMind mmdb Path
      |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
      |
      | Here you specify the path to MaxMind GeoLite2-City.mmdb
      |
      |
      */
      'maxmindDB'             =&gt; env('APP_MAX_MIND_MMDB', "./maxmind/GeoLite2-City.mmdb"),
  
      /*
      |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
      | Autoloaded Service Providers
      |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
      |
      | The service providers listed here will be automatically loaded on the
      | request to your application. Feel free to add your own services to
      | this array to grant expanded functionality to your applications.
      |
      */
  
      'providers'       =&gt; [
  
          /*
           * Laravel Framework Service Providers...
           */
          Illuminate\Auth\AuthServiceProvider::class,
          Illuminate\Broadcasting\BroadcastServiceProvider::class,
          Illuminate\Bus\BusServiceProvider::class,
          Illuminate\Cache\CacheServiceProvider::class,
          Illuminate\Foundation\Providers\ConsoleSupportServiceProvider::class,
          Illuminate\Cookie\CookieServiceProvider::class,
          Illuminate\Database\DatabaseServiceProvider::class,
          Illuminate\Encryption\EncryptionServiceProvider::class,
          Illuminate\Filesystem\FilesystemServiceProvider::class,
          Illuminate\Foundation\Providers\FoundationServiceProvider::class,
          Illuminate\Hashing\HashServiceProvider::class,
          Illuminate\Mail\MailServiceProvider::class,
          Illuminate\Pagination\PaginationServiceProvider::class,
          Illuminate\Pipeline\PipelineServiceProvider::class,
          Illuminate\Queue\QueueServiceProvider::class,
          Illuminate\Redis\RedisServiceProvider::class,
          Illuminate\Auth\Passwords\PasswordResetServiceProvider::class,
          Illuminate\Session\SessionServiceProvider::class,
          Laravel\Tinker\TinkerServiceProvider::class,
          Illuminate\Validation\ValidationServiceProvider::class,
          Illuminate\View\ViewServiceProvider::class,
  
          Illuminate\Notifications\NotificationServiceProvider::class,
          /*
           * Application Service Providers...
           */
          App\Providers\AppServiceProvider::class,
          App\Providers\AuthServiceProvider::class,
          App\Providers\EventServiceProvider::class,
          App\Providers\RouteServiceProvider::class,
          App\Providers\BroadcastServiceProvider::class,
          App\Providers\TranslationProvider::class,
  
          App\Providers\ResponseMacroServiceProvider::class,
          App\Providers\RepositoryServiceProvider::class,
          App\Providers\ValidatorServiceProvider::class,
  
          Tymon\JWTAuth\Providers\JWTAuthServiceProvider::class,
  
          Phaza\LaravelPostgis\DatabaseServiceProvider::class,
  
          Jenssegers\Raven\RavenServiceProvider::class,
          Oureastudios\Laravel\BraintreeServiceProvider::class,
          Vinkla\Algolia\AlgoliaServiceProvider::class,
          GoogleMaps\ServiceProvider\GoogleMapsServiceProvider::class,
          App\Providers\PubNubServiceProvider::class,
          Intervention\Image\ImageServiceProvider::class,
          Maknz\Slack\Laravel\ServiceProvider::class,
          Wilgucki\Csv\CsvServiceProvider::class,
          Davibennun\LaravelPushNotification\LaravelPushNotificationServiceProvider::class,
          Aloha\Twilio\Support\Laravel\ServiceProvider::class,
          Laravel\Socialite\SocialiteServiceProvider::class,
          Barryvdh\DomPDF\ServiceProvider::class,
          Waavi\Translation\TranslationServiceProvider::class,
          /**
           * Package Service Providers...
           */
          Maatwebsite\Excel\ExcelServiceProvider::class,
          Superbalist\Zendesk\ZendeskServiceProvider::class,
          BaoPham\DynamoDb\DynamoDbServiceProvider::class,
  
          /**
           * Toters Packages Service Providers...
           */
          Toters\DistanceCalc\DistanceCalcServiceProvider::class,
  
      ],
      /*
      |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
      | Class Aliases
      |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
      |
      | This array of class aliases will be registered when this application
      | is started. However, feel free to register as many as you wish as
      | the aliases are "lazy" loaded so they don't hinder performance.
      |
      */
  
      'aliases'         =&gt; [
  
          'App'              =&gt; Illuminate\Support\Facades\App::class,
          'Artisan'          =&gt; Illuminate\Support\Facades\Artisan::class,
          'Auth'             =&gt; Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth::class,
          'Blade'            =&gt; Illuminate\Support\Facades\Blade::class,
          'Broadcast'        =&gt; Illuminate\Support\Facades\Broadcast::class,
          'Bus'              =&gt; Illuminate\Support\Facades\Bus::class,
          'Cache'            =&gt; Illuminate\Support\Facades\Cache::class,
          'Config'           =&gt; Illuminate\Support\Facades\Config::class,
          'Cookie'           =&gt; Illuminate\Support\Facades\Cookie::class,
          'Crypt'            =&gt; Illuminate\Support\Facades\Crypt::class,
          'DB'               =&gt; Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB::class,
          'Eloquent'         =&gt; Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model::class,
          'Event'            =&gt; Illuminate\Support\Facades\Event::class,
          'File'             =&gt; Illuminate\Support\Facades\File::class,
          'Gate'             =&gt; Illuminate\Support\Facades\Gate::class,
          'Hash'             =&gt; Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash::class,
          'Input'            =&gt; Illuminate\Support\Facades\Input::class,
          'Inspiring'        =&gt; Illuminate\Foundation\Inspiring::class,
          'Lang'             =&gt; Illuminate\Support\Facades\Lang::class,
          'Log'              =&gt; Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log::class,
          'Mail'             =&gt; Illuminate\Support\Facades\Mail::class,
          'Password'         =&gt; Illuminate\Support\Facades\Password::class,
          'Queue'            =&gt; Illuminate\Support\Facades\Queue::class,
          'Redirect'         =&gt; Illuminate\Support\Facades\Redirect::class,
          'Redis'            =&gt; Illuminate\Support\Facades\Redis::class,
          'Request'          =&gt; Illuminate\Support\Facades\Request::class,
          'Response'         =&gt; Illuminate\Support\Facades\Response::class,
          'Route'            =&gt; Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route::class,
          'Schema'           =&gt; Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema::class,
          'Session'          =&gt; Illuminate\Support\Facades\Session::class,
          'Storage'          =&gt; Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage::class,
          'URL'              =&gt; Illuminate\Support\Facades\URL::class,
          'Validator'        =&gt; Illuminate\Support\Facades\Validator::class,
          'View'             =&gt; Illuminate\Support\Facades\View::class,
          'Notification'     =&gt; Illuminate\Support\Facades\Notification::class,
          'JWTAuth'          =&gt; Tymon\JWTAuth\Facades\JWTAuth::class,
          'PushNotification' =&gt; Davibennun\LaravelPushNotification\Facades\PushNotification::class,
          'Algolia'          =&gt; Vinkla\Algolia\Facades\Algolia::class,
          'GoogleMaps'       =&gt; GoogleMaps\Facade\GoogleMapsFacade::class,
          'Image'            =&gt; Intervention\Image\Facades\Image::class,
          'Slack'            =&gt; Maknz\Slack\Laravel\Facade::class,
          'Raven'            =&gt; Jenssegers\Raven\Facades\Raven::class,
          'Socialite'        =&gt; Laravel\Socialite\Facades\Socialite::class,
          'PDF'              =&gt; Barryvdh\DomPDF\Facade::class,
          'Translate'        =&gt; App\Facades\Translate::class,
          'Excel'            =&gt; Maatwebsite\Excel\Facades\Excel::class,
          'Zendesk'          =&gt; Superbalist\Zendesk\ZendeskFacade::class,
          'TranslationCache' =&gt; \Waavi\Translation\Facades\TranslationCache::class,
          'Distance'         =&gt; Toters\DistanceCalc\Facades\Distance::class,
      ],
  
  ];
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And this is my route mapping in <code>RouteServiceProvider</code></p>
  
  <pre><code>  /**
   * Define the "api" routes for the application.
   *
   * These routes are typically stateless.
   *
   * @return void
   */
  protected function mapApiRoutes()
  {
      Route::prefix('api')
           -&gt;middleware('api')
           -&gt;namespace($this-&gt;namespace)
           -&gt;group(base_path('routes/api.php'));
  }
  </code></pre>