This is part of the series tinker like a boss (in psysh)

  1. tinker… what?
  2. includes
  3. casters (presenters)
  4. aliases
  5. http (and other) helpers
  6. wtf is this error?

Helpers

You may find yourself in need of some handy shortcuts when tinkering. I often need to make an HTTP call or run a quick test request, that works exactly as the one you’d run in your Laravel tests.

Something like this should come in handy:

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<?php
 
// Call the world out there
>>> http('https://softonsofa.com')
=> GuzzleHttp\Psr7\Response {#9121}
 
>>> $response = http()->post('https://your.url/an-endpoint', ['json' => $payload])
=> GuzzleHttp\Psr7\Response {#9121}
 
 
// Or play with your local app
>>> local('a-route-in-your/local-laravel-app')->getStatusCode()
=> 200
 
>>> local('/')
=> Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\TestResponse {#22400
     +baseResponse: Illuminate\Http\Response {#22622
       +headers: Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\ResponseHeaderBag {#22719},
       +original: Illuminate\View\View {#22721},
       +exception: null,
     },
   }
 
 
// or whatever else you may want
>>> gh_stars('jarektkaczyk')
=> 1000
 

 

Using already mentioned .tinker include file or the global config for your psysh installtion, you can easily create such shortcuts all that you may need:

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<?php
 
class _LocalRequest extends \Tests\TestCase
{
    function __construct()
    {
        $this->setUp();
    }
 
    function response()
    {
        return $this->response;
    }
 
    function __call($method, $params)
    {
        return call_user_func_array([$this, $method], $params);
    }
}
 
if (!function_exists('local')) {
    function local($uri = null)
    {
        return $uri ? (new _LocalRequest)->get($uri) : new _LocalRequest;
    }
}
if (!function_exists('http')) {
    function http($url = null)
    {
        return $url ? (new GuzzleHttp\Client)->get($url) : new \GuzzleHttp\Client;
    }
}
 

 

If you didn’t check it yet, here is the psysh config file that I prepared for you.

Enjoy and share your thoughts in the comments below or on twitter @SOFTonSOFA

Now is the time to go to your console, type $ php artisan tinker and follow along

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