###I followed the installation instructions and I am close but apache may be acting different with the included packages.

api-guard is:

A simple way of authenticating your RESTful APIs with API keys using Laravel 4. https://github.com/chrisbjr/api-guard

What works

• artisan server which starts the built in nginx server on port 8000
• in postman, POST to http://localhost:8000/apiguard/api_key
• returns the data with the newly created key

What fails:

• xampp on port 80
• in postman, POST to http://localhost:80/apiguard/api_key
• returns 404.

The public home page does work... but the route is not found ... 404.

I have been using CodeIgniter in the past, and I have used may laravel apps on XAMPP.
I have debugged into the code, and there is an exception thrown. I suspect a simpler answer to the issue.

Here is an image of the debug session showing the error : $exception->message = (string) Undefined constant 'Illuminate\Routing\Route'