How to test middleware

I suppose you mean Behat, right?

This little piece is enough:

      Scenario: Guest redirect to login page
        Given I am on "/"
         Then I should be on "/auth/login"

@JarekTkaczyk This syntax is tightly coupling me with the UI. I've written a more general scenario and I have no problem testing it through the UI layer, but I'm trying to figure a way I can test it through the Domain layer, which means I can't assume browser at-all.

@kfirba You are talking about the middlewares, that are part of the HTTP layer of your application - by definition it assumes browser-like solution. It doesn't need to be browser, but HTTP request, so Mink should do.

@JarekTkaczyk I see. You got a point there.

Another question, when I want to check that a u user is logged in, e.g. Given I am logged in, does it suffice to do something like this for Domain layer tests:

Auth::attempt($credentials);

@kfirba Consider these examples:

    /**
     * @Given I am logged in as :email with :password
     */
    public function iAmLoggedInAs($email, $password)
    {
        $this->visit('login');
        $this->fillField('email', $email);
        $this->fillField('password', $password);
        $this->pressButton('Sign in');
    }

    /**
     * @Given I am logged in as an admin
     */
    public function iAmLoggedInAsAnAdmin()
    {
        $this->thereIsUser(['role' => 'admin', 'email' => 'admin@domain.com', 'password' => 'secret']);

        $this->visit('login');
        $this->fillField('email', 'admin@domain.com');
        $this->fillField('password', 'secret');
        $this->pressButton('Sign in');
    }

I prefer to rely on the UI, since I'm testing the UI. That said I don't use code-only login, because it could end with not having login form at all ;)