How to test file upload in Laravel 5.2

Question

Im trying to test an upload API but it fails every time:

Test Code :

$JSONResponse = $this->call('POST', '/upload', [], [], [     'photo' => new UploadedFile(base_path('public/uploads/test') . '/34610974.jpg', '34610974.jpg') ]);  $this->assertResponseOk(); $this->seeJsonStructure(['name']);  $response = json_decode($JSONResponse); $this->assertTrue(file_exists(base_path('public/uploads') . '/' . $response['name'])); 

file path is /public/uploads/test/34610974.jpg

Here is My Upload code in a controller :

$this->validate($request, [     'photo' => 'bail|required|image|max:1024' ]);  $name = 'adummyname' . '.' . $request->file('photo')->getClientOriginalExtension();  $request->file('photo')->move('/uploads', $name);  return response()->json(['name' => $name]); 

How should I test file upload in Laravel 5.2? How to use call method to upload a file?

Answer 1

When you create an instance of UploadedFile set the last parameter $test to true.

$file = new UploadedFile($path, $name, filesize($path), 'image/png', null, true);                                                                            ^^^^ 

Here is a quick example of a working test. It expects that you have a stub test.png file in tests/stubs folder.

class UploadTest extends TestCase {     public function test_upload_works()     {         $stub = __DIR__.'/stubs/test.png';         $name = str_random(8).'.png';         $path = sys_get_temp_dir().'/'.$name;          copy($stub, $path);          $file = new UploadedFile($path, $name, filesize($path), 'image/png', null, true);         $response = $this->call('POST', '/upload', [], [], ['photo' => $file], ['Accept' => 'application/json']);          $this->assertResponseOk();         $content = json_decode($response->getContent());         $this->assertObjectHasAttribute('name', $content);          $uploaded = 'uploads'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.$content->name;         $this->assertFileExists(public_path($uploaded));          @unlink($uploaded);     } } 

 ➔ phpunit tests/UploadTest.php PHPUnit 4.8.24 by Sebastian Bergmann and contributors.  .  Time: 2.97 seconds, Memory: 14.00Mb  OK (1 test, 3 assertions)