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Hi there,
Just testing JSON in my app. Found this:
$data = json_decode($response->getBody(), true);
$this->assertArrayHasKey('data', $data);
Hope this helps.
Jacob
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Feb 8, 2017
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Level 8
How to test json structure with phpunit?
I return JSON in a structure like below. It returns users or contacts. The data returned for users is different to contacts.
{
"data": [
{
"id": 1,
"type": "user",
"name": "Joe",
"surname": "Bloggs",
"email": "[email protected]",
"position": "Developer",
"location": "London",
"office": "CS 1",
"reports_to": "Charlie",
"avatar": "",
"private": {
"full_personal_mobile": "+445212121567946",
"emergency_contact_name": "Sarah",
"full_emergency_contact_number": "+44562467856244534",
"emergency_contact_relationship": "Wife"
}
},
{
"id": 24,
"type": "user",
"name": "Simon",
"surname": "Brown",
"email": "[email protected]",
"position": "Manager",
"location": "London",
"office": "CS 1",
"reports_to": "Charlie",
"avatar": "",
"private": {
"full_personal_mobile": "+44546876854676567946",
"emergency_contact_name": "Janet",
"full_emergency_contact_number": "+4456245646724453564",
"emergency_contact_relationship": "Wife"
}
},
{
"id": 48,
"type": "contact",
"name": "steve",
"surname": "smith",
"full_mobile": "+12646847876",
"full_landline": "+24474679468",
"email": "[email protected]",
"position": "Researcher",
}
]
}
Using phpunit I want to check that the data is returned properly so I am using something like this which will work as the fields exist for users and for contacts.
$this->seeJsonStructure([
'data' => [
'*' => [
'id',
'type',
'name',
'surname',
]
]
]);
If I use a field such as 'location' which doesn't exist for contacts the test will fail.
$this->seeJsonStructure([
'data' => [
'*' => [
'id',
'type',
'name',
'surname',
'location',
]
]
]);
I need to be able to check that either the structure of the user or contact is returned in the JSON. Does anyone know to best go about testing something like this?
Many Thanks.
Level 8
or you can even access the array directly if you are returning a Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse object by using the respond() method in your controller.
$response = $this->get('api/my-feed');
$response_array = $response->original;
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Level 1
$object = $this->json('post', 'auth/login', [
'email' => $data['email'],
'password' => $data['password']
]);
dd($object->response->original['access_token']);
Level 5
@JACOBCHEN - Thanks @jacobchen this works well fro me
Level 1
FWIF, I think you should probably know whether you expect a user or a contact in your test and write both tests separately.
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