diff --git a/src/Lexers/ControllerLexer.php b/src/Lexers/ControllerLexer.php
index d18e1c60..8118eb08 100644
--- a/src/Lexers/ControllerLexer.php
+++ b/src/Lexers/ControllerLexer.php
@@ -30,9 +30,10 @@ public function analyze(array $tokens): array
             $controller = new Controller($name);
 
             if (isset($definition['resource'])) {
-                $resource_definition = $this->generateResourceTokens($controller, $this->methodsForResource($definition['resource']));
+                $resource_methods = $this->methodsForResource($definition['resource']);
+                $resource_definition = $this->generateResourceTokens($controller, $resource_methods);
 
-                if ($definition['resource'] === 'api') {
+                if ($this->hasOnlyApiResourceMethods($resource_methods)) {
                     $controller->setApiResource(true);
                 }
 
@@ -139,6 +140,13 @@ private function methodsForResource(string $type)
             return ['index', 'create', 'store', 'show', 'edit', 'update', 'destroy'];
         }
 
-        return array_map('trim', explode(',', $type));
+        return array_map('trim', explode(',', strtolower($type)));
+    }
+
+    private function hasOnlyApiResourceMethods(array $methods)
+    {
+        return collect($methods)->every(function ($item, $key) {
+            return Str::startsWith($item, 'api.');
+        });
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Feature/Lexers/ControllerLexerTest.php b/tests/Feature/Lexers/ControllerLexerTest.php
index 2a1a1c40..e7635a23 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/Lexers/ControllerLexerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/Lexers/ControllerLexerTest.php
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ public function it_returns_an_api_resource_controller()
         $tokens = [
             'controllers' => [
                 'Comment' => [
-                    'resource' => 'api'
+                    'resource' => 'api.index, api.store, api.show, api.update'
                 ]
             ]
         ];
@@ -232,12 +232,6 @@ public function it_returns_an_api_resource_controller()
                 'resource' => 'comment'
             ])
             ->andReturn(['api-update-statements']);
-        $this->statementLexer->expects('analyze')
-            ->with([
-                'delete' => 'comment',
-                'respond' => 200
-            ])
-            ->andReturn(['api-destroy-statements']);
 
         $actual = $this->subject->analyze($tokens);
 
@@ -248,7 +242,7 @@ public function it_returns_an_api_resource_controller()
         $this->assertTrue($controller->isApiResource());
 
         $methods = $controller->methods();
-        $this->assertCount(5, $methods);
+        $this->assertCount(4, $methods);
 
         $this->assertCount(1, $methods['index']);
         $this->assertEquals('api-index-statements', $methods['index'][0]);
@@ -258,8 +252,6 @@ public function it_returns_an_api_resource_controller()
         $this->assertEquals('api-show-statements', $methods['show'][0]);
         $this->assertCount(1, $methods['update']);
         $this->assertEquals('api-update-statements', $methods['update'][0]);
-        $this->assertCount(1, $methods['destroy']);
-        $this->assertEquals('api-destroy-statements', $methods['destroy'][0]);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/definitions/multiple-resource-controllers.bp b/tests/fixtures/definitions/multiple-resource-controllers.bp
index c7ffe1b8..28001230 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/definitions/multiple-resource-controllers.bp
+++ b/tests/fixtures/definitions/multiple-resource-controllers.bp
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ controllers:
     resource
 
   File:
-    resource: api
+    resource: api.store, api.show, api.update
 
   Category:
-    resource
+    resource: index, api.destroy
 
   Gallery:
     resource: api
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/routes/multiple-resource-controllers-api.php b/tests/fixtures/routes/multiple-resource-controllers-api.php
index b94d068e..08252ba2 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/routes/multiple-resource-controllers-api.php
+++ b/tests/fixtures/routes/multiple-resource-controllers-api.php
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
 
-Route::apiResource('file', 'FileController');
+Route::apiResource('file', 'FileController')->except('index', 'destroy');
 
 Route::apiResource('gallery', 'GalleryController');
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/routes/multiple-resource-controllers-web.php b/tests/fixtures/routes/multiple-resource-controllers-web.php
index bc851a39..7dd93c1e 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/routes/multiple-resource-controllers-web.php
+++ b/tests/fixtures/routes/multiple-resource-controllers-web.php
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 
 Route::resource('page', 'PageController');
 
-Route::resource('category', 'CategoryController');
+Route::resource('category', 'CategoryController')->only('index', 'destroy');