How do you unit test file uploads?

I was thinking, how can you mock and test if file upload works as intended? I mean, a proper unit test. See it pass, see it fail... Can I just use a file I have on my HDD and feed the path?

jimmy.puckett

11 years ago

Level 50

Please watch this video...

https://laracasts.com/lessons/testing-with-virtual-file-systems

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Mehdi_Souihed

10 years ago

Level 1

Here is an other (simpler) way to do it !

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oldtimeguitarguy

9 years ago

Level 4

Just created a simple trait that does what Mehdi_Souihed's link does. You can pull it in via composer

composer require oldtimeguitarguy/laravel-mocks-file-uploads

deweller

9 years ago

Level 1

Make sure you are using Illuminate\Http\UploadedFile to mock your file and not Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\File\UploadedFile.

        $songfile = new UploadedFile($temp_filepath, 'foofile.mp3', 'audio/mpeg', 100023, null, $test=true);
        $files = ['songfile' => $songfile,];
        // define $uri, $method, $parameters, $cookies, $server, $content
    $request = Request::create($uri, $method, $parameters, $cookies, $files, $server, $content);

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