How do I set laravel test to go to site name instead of localhost

Question

I am trying to write some tests for an application. I have the server set up on MAMP going to dev.myappnamehere.com.

When I run a test (based off of Laracasts Integrated) it fails because it is looking for the route

 http://localhost/p/profile

But what it needs to go to is

 http://dev.myappnamehere/p/profile

How can I change that so it does not default to looking for the localhost and instead goes to the correct path?

I attempted to change this in the test but got nowhere and I was unable to located an answer through googling.

 <?php

 use Laracasts\Integrated\Extensions\Laravel as IntegrationTest;
 use Laracests\TestDummy\Factory as TestDummy;

 class ExampleTest extends TestCase {

/**
 * A basic functional test example.
 *
 * @return void
 */
public function testBasicExample()
{
    $this->visit('/')
    ->see('Login')
        ->type('[email protected]', 'email')
        ->type('password', 'password')
        ->press('Login')
        ->seePageIs('/p/profile');
  }

}

Answer 1

Most likely you need to change a domain root in your existing request().

$domain = 'homestead.test';
request()->headers->set('HOST', $domain);

test

\Log::debug(request()->root());

http://homestead.test

Answer 2

So shortly after I asked I stumbled on the answer. In

 LaravelTestCase.php 

there is a function called

  baseUrl() 

which sets the url it looks for. Once I changed that it looked in the correct spot. That file was part of the laracast testing that I loaded in.

Answer 3

From Laravel 5.4 the $baseUrl method doesn't seem to work anymore

Also, trying to set the url dinamically with \Config:set('app.url', 'http://dev.myappnamehere') doesn't work either, as it seems that Laravel caches the root url

A way to set a custom root url is:

\URL::forceRootUrl('http://dev.myappnamehere');

Answer 4

For Laravel 5, In the tests directory there should be a file called TestCase.php. In that file is a property $baseUrl. Update the value to your desired url. For example change

protected $baseUrl = 'http://localhost';

to

protected $baseUrl = 'http://dev.myappnamehere';