How do you test routes with middleware('auth:api')?

Question

I'm writing some unit tests for a project I am working on and I can't seem to test posting as a logged in user.

I have tried adding a bearer token to the env file, this worked when on my machine, but fails with buddyworks running the tests after pushing.

 public function test_orders_route_authenticated_user () {

        $data =
            '{
                "orderID": "001241",
                "sku": "123456",
                "quantity": 9,
                "pricePerUnit": 78,
                "priceTotal": 702
            }';

        $this->user = factory(User::class)->create();;

        //dd($user);
        $response = $this->withHeaders([
            'Authorization'=>'MPBtsJN5qf',
            ])->json('POST', 'api/products',[
                $data
            ]);

        $response->assertStatus(200);

}

So this code gives me error 500. I have managed to get error 401 and 500, but never the intended status 200. Please help

Answer 1

As mentioned in the Passport documentation you can use Passport::actingAs(...):

public function test_orders_route_authenticated_user()
{
    Passport::actingAs(
        factory(User::class)->create()
    );

    $data = [
        'orderID'      => '001241',
        'sku'          => '123456',
        'quantity'     => 9,
        'pricePerUnit' => 78,
        'priceTotal'   => 702,
    ];

    $this->json('post', 'api/products', $data)->assertStatus(200);
}