I want to assert where i end up after the redirect and what the resulting view contains. I started with the request:
$response = $this->actingAs($user)->get('/...');
then I assert the redirect
$response->assertRedirectToRoute(...)
and then I want to assert if the view where I was redirected contains a specific value
$response->assertViewHas(...)
But in this case I ended up with the message: The response is not a view. I got this to work with the "followingRedirects" method
$this->followingRedirects()->actingAs....
but then i couldn't assert where I was redirected. I get the message
Expected response status code [201, 301, 302, 303, 307, 308] but received 200.
Failed asserting that false is true.
Is there a way to do both? I dont need to test if it was a redirect. if there is an assert-method to check the current route of a response after "followingRedirect" then I would use that too.
i think you cant do both at a time, IMHO with followingRedirects() it just does a get request until there is no redirection anymore and you dont have access to the previous request headers to assert on.
if really necessary i would split the test into two:
it_redirects_to...()
{
//do not use followingRedirects() here and check assertRedirectToRoute()
}
it_contains_..._on_the_redirect_page()
{
//use followingRedirects() and use assertViewHas()
}
@s4muel Damn, I hope not. :/ I currently do exactly that as a workaround. Thank you for the help.
@oikodomo well, it really seems to be exactly like that, just a while loop to go through all redirects: https://github.com/laravel/framework/blob/10.x/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Testing/Concerns/MakesHttpRequests.php#L694
if checking the view is not enough for your test - i mean without checking the redirection. i suppose without the redirection, the view doesn't have the right data anyway, right? or even you get totally different view? i really would stick to two separate tests and wouldn't make a big deal out of it.
@s4muel thank you for your help! :)
I also tried assertLocation
$response = $this->followingRedirects()->.....
$response->assertLocation(...) //<= instead of assertRedirect
$response->assertViewHas(...)
but interestingly the location in the header is only set without followingRedirects()
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