Auth::attempt fails with PHPUnit TESTING - php

Question

I have a really strange behavior and I do not see where it could come from. I built an authentication system with Laravel documentation. When I save a User and try to login from the application, it works fine. However when I do the same thing in my AuthControllerTest, the Auth::attempt fails.
AuthControllerTest.php
<?php
use tests\helpers\Factory;
class AuthControllerTest extends ApiTester
{
use Factory;
public function setUp()
{
parent::setUp();
Artisan::call('migrate');
Route::enableFilters();
Session::start();
}
/*
This test fails
I have a 401 instead of a 200 HTTP response code
*/
/** #test */
public function it_should_log_in_user()
{
User::create([
'email' => 'testing#testing.com',
'password' => 'testing'
]);
$credentials = [
'email' => 'testing#testing.com',
'password' => 'testing'
];
//dd(User::count() // I have 1 record
$this->getJson('login', 'POST', $credentials);
$this->assertResponseOk();
}
/** #test */
public function it_should_throws_exception_if_login_fails()
{
User::create([
'email' => 'testing#testing.com',
'password' => 'testing'
]);
$this->getJson('login', 'POST', [
'email' => 'testing#testing.com',
'password' => 'test'
]);
$this->assertResponseStatus(401);
}
/** #test */
public function it_should_log_out_user()
{
$user = User::create([
'email' => 'testing#testing.com',
'password' => 'password'
]);
$this->be($user);
$this->getJson('logout', 'POST');
$this->assertResponseStatus(204);
}
/**
* Generate Alert mock
* #return array
*/
protected function getStub()
{
return [
];
}
}
AuthController.php
<?php
use Arato\Transformers\UserTransformer;
use controllers\ApiController;
class AuthController extends ApiController
{
protected $userTransformer;
function __construct(UserTransformer $userTransformer)
{
$this->userTransformer = $userTransformer;
}
public function login()
{
$rules = [
'email' => ['required', 'email'],
'password' => ['required', 'alphaNum']
];
$validator = Validator::make(Input::all(), $rules);
if ($validator->fails()) {
return $this->respondUnauthorized();
}
$userData = [
'email' => Input::get('email'),
'password' => Input::get('password')
];
if (Auth::attempt($userData)) {
return $this->respond([
'data' => $this->userTransformer->transform(Auth::user())
]);
} else {
return $this->respondUnauthorized();
}
}
public function logout()
{
Auth::logout();
return $this->respondNoContent();
}
}
Thank you

Answer 1

Remember that the password is encrypted, so you need to get the password directly from the User instance, like:
$user = User::create([
'email' => 'testing#testing.com',
'password' => Hash::make('testing')
]);
$credentials = [
'email' => $user->email
'password' => $user->password
];