getting error with a file upload test

[vishytk]

I have following test that is failing with error:

Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\JsonEncodingException : Unable to encode attribute [properties] for model [Spatie\Activitylog\Models\Activity] to JSON: Type is not supported.

    $this->newUser = [
        'username' => 'newtestuser',
        'password' => 'secret',
        'firstname' => 'FirstName',
        'dob' => '04-05-2006',
        'role_id' => 1,
        'gender_id' => 1,
    ];

public function a_manager_can_create_a_user_with_avatar(): void
{
    $this->withoutExceptionHandling();

    $this->newUser['avatar'] = UploadedFile::fake()->image('avatar.jpg');

    $response = $this->actingAs($this->manager)
        ->postJson('/api/users', $this->newUser, $this->headers);
    dump($response);

    $createdUser = User::where('username', 'newtestuser')->first();

    $response->assertStatus(201)
        ->assertJsonFragment([
            'message' => 'user successfully created',
        ]);

    $this->assertEquals('newtestuser', $createdUser->username);
    $this->assertEquals('FirstName', $createdUser->firstname);
    $this->assertEquals('1', $createdUser->role_id);
    $this->assertEquals('1', $createdUser->gender_id);

    $storage_path = storage_path('app/public/images/user_avatars');
    $avatar_path = $storage_path . '/' . $createdUser->id . '/' . $createdUser->avatar;
    $this->assertFileExists($avatar_path);
}

There are two other tests one creating a user without avatar and other updating avatar which are identical to this test with appropriate changes and both are working.

What is the issue here ?

[Gummibeer]

I assume it's $this->newUser['avatar'] = UploadedFile::fake()->image('avatar.jpg'); I have no idea how eloquent or your controller handle that avatar attribute. But I assume that an instance of UploadFile is passed to the array used for JSON generation instead of the base64 or the filepath string.

[vishytk]

At first, I also thought so. But the following test is working

public function a_manager_can_update_a_users_profile_picture(): void
{
    $this->withoutExceptionHandling();

    $user = UserFactory::new()->create();

    $avatar_picture = [
        'avatar' => UploadedFile::fake()->image('avatar.jpg'),
    ];
    $response = $this->actingAs($this->manager)
        ->patchJson('/api/users/' . $user->id, $avatar_picture, $this->headers);

    $createdUser = User::where('username', $user->username)->first();

    $response->assertStatus(200);

    $storage_path = storage_path('app/public/images/user_avatars');

    $avatar_path = $storage_path . '/' . $createdUser->id . '/' . $createdUser->avatar;

    $this->assertFileExists($avatar_path);
}

[vishytk]

Controller method

public function store(StoreUserRequest $request): JsonResponse
{
if ($request->hasFile('avatar')) {
$user = $this->storeWithAvatar(User::create(request()->all()));
} else {
$user = User::create(request()->all());
}

    return response()->json([
        'message' => 'user successfully created',
        'data' => $user,
    ], 201);
}