laravel auth:api returns SQLSTATE[42S22]: Column not found: 1054 Unknown column '' in 'where clause' (SQL: select * from `users` where ``

Question

I get the following error

SQLSTATE[42S22]: Column not found: 1054 Unknown column '' in 'where clause' (SQL: select * from users where `` = 7pAJDfttBDr5tTJtkV0zQSE2QX1Zh8CFSycMaCg7yRmzHNyb5DAXATRp8gbs limit 1)

ActionsController.php

    <?php

    namespace App\Http\Controllers\Api;

    use Illuminate\Http\Request;
    use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
    use App\Company;
    use App\User;
    use App\Company_User;
    use App\Company_Follower;
    use Auth;

    class ActionsController extends Controller
    {
        public function __construct()
        {
            return $this->middleware('auth:api');
        }

        public function follow_company(Company $company)
        {

            return response()->json(['test' => auth()->id()]);
        }

    }

Routes\Api.php

route::any('companies/{company}/follow','ActionsController@follow_company')
->name('api.companies.follow');

url : http://test.loc/api/companies/1/follow?api_token=7pAJDfttBDr5tTJtkV0zQSE2QX1Zh8CFSycMaCg7yRmzHNyb5DAXATRp8gbs