@samara
To test API endpoints in Laravel using phpspec, you can follow these steps:
- Install phpspec:
composer require phpspec/phpspec --dev
- Create a new specification class for testing your API endpoint:
vendor/bin/phpspec describe AppHttpControllersApiYourApiController
This will generate a new YourApiControllerSpec class in the spec directory.
- Open the YourApiControllerSpec class and update the namespace and class name accordingly.
- Add the necessary imports:
use AppHttpControllersApiYourApiController;
use PhpSpecObjectBehavior;
use ProphecyArgument;
use IlluminateHttpRequest;
use IlluminateHttpResponse;
- Create the first test case that describes the behavior of your API endpoint:
function it_returns_a_list_of_items()
{
$request = new Request;
$response = $this->index($request);
$this->shouldHaveType(Response::class);
$response->getStatusCode()->shouldBe(200);
}
- Run the test using the following command:
vendor/bin/phpspec run
This will execute all the test cases and provide the output.
- Implement the API endpoint logic in your controller to make the test pass.
- Repeat steps 5-7 for other API endpoints.
By following these steps, you can use phpspec to test your RESTful API endpoints in Laravel.