Fixtures not available for subsequent tests - php

Question

I am using Codeception and fixtures to test my API but it seems the fixtures are only available for the first test. Here is my tests:
class ActionCest extends BaseTestCase
{
public function _fixtures()
{
return [
'profiles' => [
'class' => UserFixture::className(),
// fixture data located in tests/_data/user.php
'dataFile' => codecept_data_dir() . 'user.php'
],
'actions' => [
'class' => ActionFixture::className(),
'dataFile' => codecept_data_dir() . 'action.php'
],
];
}
public function createAction(ApiTester $I)
{
$user = $I->grabFixture('profiles', 'user1');
$I->wantTo('Add action');
$I->haveHttpHeader('Authorization', 'Bearer '. $user['auth_key']);
$payload = [
'action_id' => 123,
'saved' => true,
'viewed' => false,
'complete' => false,
];
$I->sendPOST('/action/save', $payload);
$I->seeResponseCodeIs(\Codeception\Util\HttpCode::OK); // 200
$I->seeResponseContainsJson($this->buildResponsePayload($payload));
}
public function getAction(ApiTester $I)
{
$user = $I->grabFixture('profiles', 'user1');
//$action = $I->grabFixture('actions', 'action1');
$I->wantTo('Retrieve action');
$I->haveHttpHeader('Authorization', 'Bearer '. $user['auth_key']);
$I->sendPOST('/action/get-by-id/1');//'. $action['action_id']);
$I->seeResponseCodeIs(\Codeception\Util\HttpCode::OK); // 200
$I->seeResponseContainsJson($this->buildResponsePayload($payload));
}
}
In the example above, the first test will pass OK. However the second test will fail due the user not being authenticated. I assume that the user has been removed from the database after the first test.
How would I overcome this?

Answer 1

The answer was to replace the _fixtures() method with the following method:
public function _before(ApiTester $I)
{
$I->haveFixtures([
'users' => [
'class' => UserFixture::className(),
'dataFile' => codecept_data_dir() . 'user.php',
],
'actions' => [
'class' => UserActionFixture::className(),
'dataFile' => codecept_data_dir() . 'action.php',
],
]);
}