Laravel 11 Custom json exception in bootstrap/app.php

app.php

<?php

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Application;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Configuration\Exceptions;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Configuration\Middleware;

return Application::configure( basePath: dirname( __DIR__ ) )
    ->withRouting(
        web: __DIR__ . '/../routes/web.php',
        api: __DIR__ . '/../routes/api.php',
        commands: __DIR__ . '/../routes/console.php',
        health: '/up',
    )
    ->withMiddleware( function ( Middleware $middleware ) {
        //
    } )
    ->withExceptions( function ( Exceptions $exceptions ) {
        $exceptions->render( function ( Throwable $e, Request $request ) {
            if ( !$request->is( 'api/*' ) ) {
                return true;
            }

            $data = null;
            if ( method_exists( $e, 'errors' ) ) {
                foreach ( $e->errors() ?? [] as $key => $value ) {
                    $data[$key] = $value[0];
                }
            }

            $message    = $e->getMessage();
            $statusCode = 400;

            if ( method_exists( $e, 'getStatusCode' ) ) {

                $statusCode = $e->getStatusCode();

                if ( $statusCode == 404 ) {
                    $message = '404 Not found';
                }

                if ( $statusCode == 403 ) {
                    $message = '403 Forbidden';
                }

                if ( $statusCode == 401 ) {
                    $message = '401 Unauthorized';
                }

                if ( $statusCode == 405 ) {
                    $message = '405 Method not allowed';
                }

                if ( $statusCode == 422 ) {
                    $message = '422 Unprocessable entity';
                }

                if ( $statusCode == 500 ) {
                    $message = '500 Internal server error';
                }

                if ( $statusCode == 503 ) {
                    $message = '503 Service unavailable';
                }

                if ( $statusCode == 429 ) {
                    $message = '429 Too many requests';
                }

                if ( $statusCode == 419 ) {
                    $message = '419 Page expired';
                }

                if ( $statusCode == 400 ) {
                    $message = '400 Bad request';
                }

                if ( $statusCode == 408 ) {
                    $message = '408 Request timeout';
                }

                if ( $statusCode == 409 ) {
                    $message = '409 Conflict';
                }

                if ( $statusCode == 410 ) {
                    $message = '410 Gone';
                }

                if ( $statusCode == 411 ) {
                    $message = '411 Length required';
                }

                if ( $statusCode == 412 ) {
                    $message = '412 Precondition failed';
                }

                if ( $statusCode == 413 ) {
                    $message = '413 Payload too large';
                }

                if ( $statusCode == 414 ) {
                    $message = '414 URI too long';
                }

                if ( $statusCode == 415 ) {
                    $message = '415 Unsupported media type';
                }

                if ( $statusCode == 416 ) {
                    $message = '416 Range not satisfiable';
                }

                if ( $statusCode == 417 ) {
                    $message = '417 Expectation failed';
                }

                if ( $statusCode == 418 ) {
                    $message = '418 I\'m a teapot';
                }

                if ( $statusCode == 421 ) {
                    $message = '421 Misdirected request';
                }
            }

            if ( $message == 'Unauthenticated.' ) {
                $statusCode = 401;
            }

            if ( $message == 'Invalid ability provided.' ) {
                $statusCode = 403;
                $message    = 'You don\'t have permission to access this resource';
            }

            if ( str_contains( $message, 'No query results' ) ) {
                $message    = 'Resource Not found';
                $statusCode = 404;
            }

            return response()->json( ['error' => $message, 'data' => $data], $statusCode );

        } );
    } )->create();

Api prefix and versioning

->withRouting(
        web: __DIR__ . '/../routes/web.php',
        apiPrefix: 'api/v1',
        api: __DIR__ . '/../routes/v1/api.php',
        commands: __DIR__ . '/../routes/console.php',
        health: '/up',
    )