Test is passing with assertSee() while Error in browser

This is my test.

/** @test */
    public function a_user_can_post_a_video() {

        //$this->withoutExceptionHandling();

        $this->actingAs(factory('App\User')->create());

        $attributes = [
            'title' => $this->faker->sentence,
            'description' => $this->faker->paragraph,
            'video_url' =>  $this->faker->url
        ];

        $this->post('/videos', $attributes)->assertRedirect('/videos');

        $this->assertDatabaseHas('videos', $attributes);
        
        $this->get('/videos')->assertSee($attributes['title']);

    }

This was in my VideosController by mistake. Instead of using Video::paginate(10), i used Video::paginate()->get(10).

public function index() 
    {
        $videos = Video::paginate()->get(10);

        return view('videos.index', compact('videos'));

    }

The problem is that when i run test, all 4 assertions are green but of-course there is an Invalid argument supplied error in browser.

My question is why its passing $this->get('/videos')->assertSee($attributes['title']); assertion.

Thanks

tisuchi

5 years ago

Level 70

@key what if you try checking assertStatus() code first before checking assertsee()?

And in your action, you try this way-

$videos = Video::paginate()->get();

instead of -

$videos = Video::paginate()->get(10);

Sajjad Ali

5 years ago

Level 7

Yeah. assertStatus() can help here but i'm still wondering why assertSee() is passing while there is no title available on error page.

by the way, paginate() is not working with get() method. This code works for me.

$videos = Video::paginate(10);

GeordieJackson

5 years ago

Best Answer

Level 18

@key

i'm still wondering why assertSee() is passing while there is no title available on error page

When you do something like $this->get('/videos') in a feature test, it will return an Illuminate\Testing\TestResponse instance. It is the TestResponse instance that your assertion checks against and not the page you see in the browser.

So, if your video was returned, it will be in the TestResponse object even if some other error is preventing it from being shown on the page.

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