Testing file upload in lumen 5.5

Question

I'm using Lumen 5.5, and I wrote simple app that upload files.

I wrote test like this (following this tutorial)

<?php

class UploadImageTest extends TestCase
{

    Use DatabaseMigrations;

    public function testUploadingImageSuccessfully()
    {
        $this->json('POST', '/images', [
            'image' => UploadedFile::fake()->image('image.jpg')
        ])->assertResponseOk()
    }

}

problem is that in my controller, $request->file('image') returns null.

<?php

use Illuminate\Http\Request;

class UploadController extends Controller
{

    public function upload(Request $request)
    {
        if ($request->file('image')) { // always return null
            return "File is uploaded!";
        }

        return "File is not uploaded!";
    }

}

I checked other questions (like this one) and tried given solutions with no luck!

Answer 1

I came across this question while searching for the answer to the same problem and wasn't sure it was related, so I posed one relevant to my use case. (Here)

The solution is simple: UploadedFile::fake() doesn't work with JSON, as it fakes a file upload with an XmlHttpRequest (as far as I can tell). You must therefore change your test from this:

public function testUploadingImageSuccessfully()
{
    $this->json('POST', '/images', [
        'image' => UploadedFile::fake()->image('image.jpg')
    ])->assertResponseOk()
}

to this:

public function testUploadingImageSuccessfully()
{
    $this->call('POST', '/images', [
        'image' => UploadedFile::fake()->image('image.jpg')
    ])->assertResponseOk()
}

Hope it helps!