intitial work on rest api

app/Http/Controllers/Api/BaseController.php

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+<?php
+
+namespace App\Http\Controllers\Api;
+
+use Illuminate\Http\Response;
+use App\Http\Controllers\AppBaseController;
+
+
+class BaseController extends AppBaseController
+{
+    public function status()
+    {
+        return response()->json(
+            ['message' => 'hi'],
+            200
+        );
+    }
+}