Call to a member function store() on string when testing uploads

You are doing a foreach on filename, does this mean you are handling multiple files?

In your test you are only submitting one file.

Hey @jeffreyvanrossum .... I want the user to be able to submit one, or multiple images

I think you'll have to make sure that your filename property in your test is an array in that case.

@jeffreyvanrossum I changed it to filename[] and am now getting the following error; Unable to find a file at path [images/doBjcK4HfOkapmqDtEsGXMPj3ujf0tOp5L2NdcEQ.jpeg]

@sti3bas its still returning the same error

Just to be sure, have you checked if your files are stored in the storage/public/images directory?

@jeffreyvanrossum ... When i use the frontend, the images get saved to storage/app/public/images

It might have something to do with the file extension. You created an image with jpg not jpeg. I think test fails because of that.

@jeffreyvanrossum I thought that as well, but the store method creates a unique filename which is assigned, so that doesn't seem to be the case ... So frustrating

would you try this one

$this->call('post','/api/upload', [],[],$photos);

using call instead of jsonPost

$photos = [
'filename' => [
    UploadedFile::fake()->image('fakeimage.jpg'),
    UploadedFile::fake()->image('fakeimage2.jpg')
  ]
];

$this->call('post','/api/upload', [],[],$photos);

Storage::disk('public')->assertExists("images/{$photos['filename'][0]->hashName()}");

@psylogic I still get the Unable to find a file at path with that code .... arghhhhhhh

@chris1981 ;

Here's my code and it pass and please check the status also the URL if it is correct

and you should pass the images as array

'filename' => [
      $image = UploadedFile::fake()->image('fakeimage.jpg')
      ]

api.php

Route::post('/upload', 'TestController');

Controller

public function __invoke(Request $request)
    {
        if ($request->hasFile('filename')) {
            foreach ($request->file('filename') as $image) {
                if ($upload = $image->store('images', 'public')) {
                    return  response()->json($upload, 201);
                }else{
                    return  response()->json("no", 403);
                }
            }
        }
    }

Test

public function testExample()
    {
        // to track the errors
        // $this->withoutExceptionHandling();


        Storage::fake('public');

        $this->postJson('/api/upload', [
            'filename' => [
                $image = UploadedFile::fake()->image('fakeimage.jpg')
                ]
        ])
        ->assertStatus(201);

        Storage::disk('public')->assertExists("images/".$image->hashName());
        Storage::disk('public')->assertMissing('images/missing.jpg');
    }

@psylogic Ohhhhhhhhhhhh ...... My 'filename' in the test wasn't enclosed in an array ... It works perfect now! .... Thank you so much