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app/Http/Controllers/DownloadController.php

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 class DownloadController extends Controller
 {
     public function download($file_name) {
-        $file_path = public_path('/'.$file_name);
+        $file_path = public_path('/'.'downloads/'.$file_name);
         return response()->download($file_path);
     }
 }

routes/web.php

@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@
 });
 
 Route::get('/download_api', 'App\Http\Controllers\YoutubeDownloadController@index');
-Route::get('/download/{file}', 'App\Http\Controllers\DownloadController@index');
+Route::get('/download/{file}', 'App\Http\Controllers\DownloadController@download');