app/Http/Controllers/Api/UserController.php

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class UserController extends Controller
         $validated['status'] = true;
         try {
             $user = User::create($validated);
-        }catch (Throwable $exception){
+        }catch (\Illuminate\Database\QueryException $exception){
             return response()
                     ->json($exception);
         }
@@ -30,9 +30,23 @@ class UserController extends Controller
                 ->json(['message' => 'Successfully created user ' . $user->firstname]);
     }
 
-    public function getUser(Request $request, User $user)
+    public function getUser(Request $request, $id)
     {
+        if (!empty($id)){
+            try {
+                # The user exists
+                $user = User::where('uuid', $id)->firstOrfail();
                 return response()
                     ->json(["status" => true]);
+            } catch (Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\ModelNotFoundException $e) {
+                // The user does not exist
+                return response()
+                    ->json(["status" => false]);
+            }
+        } else {
+            return response()
+                ->json(["status" => "false", "message" => "Please specify UUID"]);
+        }
+        
     }
 }

app/Http/Middleware/HeaderAuth.php

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class HeaderAuth
      */
     public function handle(Request $request, Closure $next): Response
     {
-        if (empty($request->header('X-BOTAUTH'))) {
+        if (is_null($request->header('X-BOTAUTH'))) {
             return response()
                 ->json(["status" => false, "message" => "Unauthorized."], 401);
         }

routes/api.php

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 use App\Http\Controllers\Api\WebHookController;
 use App\Http\Controllers\Api\UserController;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
-use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 
 /*
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -20,9 +19,6 @@ Route::middleware(['header.auth', 'throttle:api'])->group(function () {
     Route::get('/test', [WebHookController::class, 'test']);
     Route::post('/sendQuote', [WebHookController::class, 'sendQuote']);
     Route::post('/randomQuote', [WebHookController::class, 'sendRandomQuote']);
-    Route::post('/user/register', [UserController::class, 'registerUser']);
+    Route::post('/registerUser', [UserController::class, 'registerUser']);
-    Route::get('/user/{user:uuid}', [UserController::class, 'getUser'])
+    Route::get('/getUser/{id}', [UserController::class, 'getUser']);
-        ->missing(function (Request $request) {
-            return response()->json(["status" => false, "message" => "User not found"]);
-        });
 });