Laravel - file path to UploadedFile instance

Question

I have a Laravel 4.2 API that, when creating a resource, accepts file uploads. The file is retrieved with Input::file('file')

Now I want to write a script (also in Laravel) that will batch create some resources (so I can't use a HTML form that POSTs to API's endpoint). How can I translate a file path into an instance of UploadedFile so that Input::file('file') will pick it up in the API?

Answer 1

Just construct an instance yourself. The API is:

http://api.symfony.com/2.0/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/File/UploadedFile.html

So you should be able to do:

$file = new UploadedFile(
    '/absolute/path/to/file',
    'original-name.gif',
    'image/gif',
    1234,
    null,
    TRUE
);

Notice: You have to specify the 6th constructing parameter as TRUE, so the UploadedFile class knows that you're uploading the image via unit testing environment.