How to test api restful on laravel with phpspec?

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by samara , in category: PHP General , a year ago

How to test api restful on laravel with phpspec?

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by aubrey , a year ago

@samara 

To test API endpoints in Laravel using phpspec, you can follow these steps:

  1. Install phpspec: composer require phpspec/phpspec --dev
  2. 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.
  3. Open the YourApiControllerSpec class and update the namespace and class name accordingly.
  4. Add the necessary imports: use AppHttpControllersApiYourApiController; use PhpSpecObjectBehavior; use ProphecyArgument; use IlluminateHttpRequest; use IlluminateHttpResponse;
  5. 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); }
  6. Run the test using the following command: vendor/bin/phpspec run This will execute all the test cases and provide the output.
  7. Implement the API endpoint logic in your controller to make the test pass.
  8. Repeat steps 5-7 for other API endpoints.


By following these steps, you can use phpspec to test your RESTful API endpoints in Laravel.