Testing HTTP Requests

TripalTestSuite provides a comprehensive HTTP testing methods. It allows you to call site urls and check that your Drupal menu items are working as expected.

For example, the following tests that the homepage is accessible and that the name of the website is present in the response.

public function testHomePage() {
  // Send a GET request
  $response = $this->get('/')

  // Verify the HTTP response code is "200 OK" and that the site name is visible
  $response->assertStatus(200)
                   ->assertSee('My Site');
}

Available HTTP Testing Methods

The following table describes all available HTTP methods in any test class that extends TripalTestSuite:

name	parameters	Description	Return
$this->get()	$url string The url to call $params array Query parameters. $headers array Additional HTTP headers	Sends a GET request	TestResponse
$this->post()	$url string The url to call $params array Form request parameters. $headers array Additional HTTP headers	Sends a POST request	TestResponse
$this->put()	$url string The url to call $params array Query parameters. $headers array Additional HTTP headers	Sends a PUT request	TestResponse
$this->patch()	$url string The url to call $params array Query parameters. $headers array Additional HTTP headers	Sends a PATCH request	TestResponse
$this->delete()	$url string The url to call $params array Query parameters. $headers array Additional HTTP headers	Sends a DELETE request	TestResponse

The TestResponse returned from the HTTP requests, provide the following set of assertion methods:

name	Parameters	Description
$response->assertStatus()	$code int	Verify the returned HTTP status code is equal to $code
$response->assertSee()	$content string	Verify the given string is present in the returned response body (i, e HTML, JSON, etc)
$response->assertJsonStructure()	$structure array	Verifies that the returned JSON matches the given structure (see below for example)
$response->assertSuccessful()	none	Verify the returned HTTP status code is between 200 and 299, which are HTTP’s successful response codes