How to test upload file in laravel 5.0? - php

Question

I want to test my file upload action .
I checked file type validation on that action . It is working from browser interaction , but I tried with phpunit it fail on validation .
I validate for accepting jpg or jpeg file only .
Here is my unit code
public function testWIthJpgImage()
{
$_FILES = [
'front_image' => [
'name' => 'uitest',
'type' => 'image/jpeg',
'size'=> filesize(storage_path('data/uitest.jpg')),
'error' => 0,
'tmp_name' => storage_path('data/uitest.jpg')
]
];
$response = $this->call('POST', '/api/test',[],[],$_FILES);
$data = json_decode($response->getContent());
dd($data); // here validation fail always
$this->assertEquals(200, $response->getStatusCode());
}
How can I test with file upload correctly on phpunit ? My laravel version 5.0 (old version) Laravel UploadFile is not available

Answer 1

You can use Illuminate\Http\UploadedFile Facade for this.
Here is an example of one of my projects where I upload & store a file. It also has a files table & model.
/** #test */
function create_new_file ()
{
$payload = [
'file' => UploadedFile::fake()->image('avatar.jpg')
];
// act
$response = $this->post("/api/files", $payload);
// test
$response->assertStatus(201);
Storage::disk('local')->assertExists(File::first()->path);
}
Don't forget
use Illuminate\Http\UploadedFile;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
In addition you can use
Storage::fake('local');
in order to not persist the uploaded files (if you are using the Storage as I do). This is very handy so your tests don't create a bunch of files in your uploads folder.

Answer 2

I think my problem is sovled but it is so weired to do that :) I set $_FILES and Symfony UploadedFile both :<
$_FILES = [
'front_image' => [
'name' => 'uitest',
'type' => 'image/jpeg',
'size'=> filesize(storage_path('data/uitest.jpg')),
'error' => 0,
'tmp_name' => storage_path('data/uitest.jpg'),
'test' => true
]
];
$uploadedFile = new Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\File\UploadedFile(
storage_path('data/uitest.jpg'),
'uitest.jpg',
'image/jpeg',
filesize(storage_path('data/uitest.jpg')),
0,
true
);
$response = $this->call('POST', '/api/test',[],[],['front_image' => $uploadedFile]);