Laravel Testing

This package provides comprehensive testing tools for Laravel applications, including OpenAPI validation, Behat feature testing, and Qase test reporting integration.

Installation

You can install the package via composer.

composer --dev require xentral/laravel-testing

Usage

OpenAPI Validation

Automatically validate your API responses against OpenAPI schemas in your tests.

The Schema file will be determined in the following order:

• Using the schemaFilePath property (if not null)
• Using the SchemaFile attribute
• Using the configured testing.openapi.default_schema config value

Relative paths will be auto prefixed with the project base path (by default)

Basic example with PHPUnit:

<?php

#[SchemaFile('api-schema.yml')]
class MyEndpointTest extendsTestCase
{
    use \Xentral\LaravelTesting\OpenApi\ValidatesOpenApiSpec;
    
    public function test_api_returns_valid_response()
    {
        $response = $this->getJson('/api/users')->assertOk();
    }
}

Basic example with Pest: Pest does not support attributes (at least i couldn't figure it out). You need to use beforeEach to set the schema file path.

<?php

uses(Xentral\LaravelTesting\OpenApi\ValidatesOpenApiSpec::class);

beforeEach(function () {
    $this->schemaFilePath('api-schema.yml');
});

test('API returns valid response', function () {
    $response = $this->getJson('/api/users')->assertOk(); // Automatically validates against OpenAPI schema
});

Behat Feature Testing

Write behavior-driven tests using Gherkin syntax alongside your PHPUnit tests. (Does not work with Pest yet)

Basic Usage:

// tests/Feature/MyEndpointTest.php
<?php

class MyEndpointTest extends TestCase
{
    use HasBehatFeature;

    #[DataProvider('featureProvider')]
    public function test_behat_scenario($scenario, $feature)
    {
        $this->executeScenario($scenario, $feature);
    }
}

Feature File:

# tests/Feature/MyEndpointTest.feature
Feature: Basic example feature

  Scenario: example endpoint scenario
    Given There are 5 testModels
    When I send a GET request to path /api/v1/test-models
    Then the response status code should be 200
    And the response should contain the following properties
      | path | value    |
      | data | ~count~5 |

The example above will automatically load the feature file with the same name as the test class with .feature extension.
This is our preferred behavior, but you can go another way by specifying the via the FeatureFile attribute on the class:

// tests/Feature/MyEndpointTest.php
<?php

#[FeatureFile(__DIR__.'/custom-feature.feature')]
class MyEndpointTest extends TestCase
{
    use HasBehatFeature;

    #[DataProvider('featureProvider')]
    public function test_behat_scenario($scenario, $feature)
    {
        $this->executeScenario($scenario, $feature);
    }
}

Interactive Matcher Discovery

The package includes a powerful interactive command to explore and search available Behat matchers:

php artisan xentral:list-behat-matchers

This command provides an interactive search interface where you can:

• Type to search through matcher patterns and descriptions in real-time
• Browse available matchers with their examples
• View detailed information about each matcher including capture groups

For non-interactive usage (useful in CI/CD):

php artisan xentral:list-behat-matchers --non-interactive

Adding Examples to Custom Matchers

Document your custom Behat matchers with examples using the #[Example] attribute:

<?php

use Xentral\LaravelTesting\Behat\Attributes\Example;

class MyCustomMatchers
{
    #[Given('/^I send (a|an invalid|a non-API) ([^\s]+) request to path ([^\s]+)(?:\s+(.+))?$/i')]
    #[Example('I send a GET request to path /api/users', ['a', 'GET', '/api/users'])]
    #[Example('I send a POST request to path /api/users with payload', ['a', 'POST', '/api/users', 'with payload'])]
    public function iSendARequest($type, $method, $path, $modifiers = null)
    {
        // Implementation
    }
}

The Example attribute accepts:

• stepText: The exact step text that should match the pattern
• matches (optional): Array of expected capture groups from the regex
• data (optional): Additional metadata for the example

Testing Your Matchers

Ensure your custom matchers work correctly by adding tests using the BehatMatcherChecker:

<?php

use Xentral\LaravelTesting\Behat\BehatMatcherChecker;
use Xentral\LaravelTesting\Behat\BehatMatcherFinder;
use Xentral\LaravelTesting\Behat\Dto\BehatMatcher;

test('all example attributes match their declared matchers', function (BehatMatcher $matcher) {
    BehatMatcherChecker::check($matcher);
})->with(
    fn () => array_map(
        fn (BehatMatcher $matcher) => [$matcher],
        BehatMatcherFinder::find('path/to/your/matchers'),
    )
);

This test will:

• Find all matchers in the specified directory
• Validate that each #[Example] attribute matches its corresponding matcher pattern
• Verify that capture groups are correctly extracted
• Ensure regex patterns are valid

Qase Test Run Reporter

Integrate with Qase.io for comprehensive test reporting and management.
Mark a PHPUnit test class with the \Qase\PHPUnitReporter\Attributes\Suite attribute, then it will be automatically
reported to Qase.io when it is executed in testops mode.

PHPUnit Configuration:

<!-- phpunit.xml -->
<phpunit>
    <extensions>
        <bootstrap class="Xentral\LaravelTesting\Qase\XentralQaseExtension"/>
    </extensions>
</phpunit>

More information can be found in the Qase PHPUnit Reporter qase/phpunit-reporter.

Testing

composer test

Contributing

Ideas/Roadmap

Here are some ideas for future development:

• Add support for Behat in Pest.
• Add Support for Qase Test Suite in Pest
• Add support for Outlines in the BehatDumper
• Extend Qase test cases with complete behat scenario information if given

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

Security

If you discover any security related issues, please email engineering@xentral.com instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits

• Manuel Christlieb
• All Contributors

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.