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There is a withSession method available to you for this
https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/http-tests#session-and-authentication
Jan 18, 2022
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Level 4
Persist Session ID in Feature Tests
Hi,
im working on an e-commerce system where i try to make a shopping cart for guest users that are not logged in. In my Feature tests the session id wont persist so when trying to validate if the user can add a shopping cart item because the shopping cart?
$location = Location::first();
$cart = ShoppingCart::currentOrCreate($location);
$sessionId = Session::getId();
// dump(sessionId, cart->session_id) here returns a $sessionId that is equal to $cart->session_id;
$sessionName = Session::getName();
$product = $location->products()->first();
$data = [
'productId' => $product->id,
'cartId' => $cart->id
];
$response = $this->withCookies([$sessionName => $sessionId])->post(route('shopping-cart.add-item'), $data); // sessionId() within that controller is different than the one dumped in line 4
$response->assertOk();
$cart->refresh();
$this->assertTrue($cart->items->count() == 1);
Within the static function ShoppingCart::currentOrCreate($location) it creates a new shopping cart model based on session()->getId() and saves it to the shopping carts session_id property.
$cart->session_id = $session()->getId();
$cart->location_id = $location->id;
$cart->save();
Even though im doing $this->withCookies([$sessionName => $sessionId]) my session()->getId() within that request has a different session id then my initial created one at ShoppingCart::currentOrCreate($location).
I cant figure out why and i cant get my test to work since my $response->assertOk() returns a 403 (which it should when the session id is not the same)
Level 4
@tykus unfortunately that doesn't work because withSession(['x' => 'y']) can only set a key/value attribute pair of the session but it can't edit the id of the session.
The Session is basically structured like this as far as i understand:
id: string // this id is what i want to change
attributes: array // can be set with withSession()
Level 104
Level 4
@tykus because the session id from the first request in my test is different than the session id of my second request. I want them to be the same session id so that i can test my controller which should only work when the session id is validated as the same from the first request.
Level 104
@dajoeberlei I see only one Request above; can you post the full test example?
Level 4
@tykus thats true. Sorry, i actually didnt phrase it right i have to admit. Let my simplify my code from above:
public function test_unauthorized_user_can_add_items_to_shopping_cart()
{
$shoppingCart = ShoppingCart::create([
// the first time session()->getId() gets called.
'session_id' => session()->getId(),
]);
$product = Product::first();
$data = [
'productId' => $product->id,
'cartId' => $shoppingCart->id
];
// this calls my shopping cart controller with session()->getId() again, see code below
$response = $this->post(route('shopping-cart.add-item'), $data);
$response->assertOk();
}
And the following ShoppingCartController is called through the post request above:
public function addItem(Request $request)
{
// second Time session()->getId() gets called, and here its different then the one before
if(session()->getId() !== $cart->session_id) {
abort(403);
}
return response()->ok();
}
Level 104
@dajoeberlei try this:
public function test_unauthorized_user_can_add_items_to_shopping_cart()
{
$shoppingCart = ShoppingCart::create([
// the first time session()->getId() gets called.
'session_id' => $sessionId = session()->getId(),
]);
$product = Product::first();
$data = [
'productId' => $product->id,
'cartId' => $shoppingCart->id
];
$response = $this->withCookies([
session()->getName() => $sessionId
])->post(route('shopping-cart.add-item'), $data);
$response->assertOk();
}
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Level 4
@tykus thats what i tried but it doesn't work unfortunately. I cant figure out why
Level 104
@dajoeberlei did you set the array value and the $sessionId variable together like this:
'session_id' => $sessionId = session()->getId(),
Otherwise, every time you call session()->getId() outside of a Request (where the session has been properly started) you will get a different value.
Is session_id fillable on the ShoppingCart model?
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@tykus That fixed it for me. Thanks!
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