How to test Magento POST controller action - using (or not) EcomDev PHPUnit module

Question

Is there way to test Magento POST controllers actions? E.g. customer login:

Mage_Customer_AccountController::loginPostAction()

I'm using EcomDev_PHPUnit module for test. It works great with basic actions, but I can't invoke POST actions.

$this->getRequest()->setMethod('POST');
// ivokes loginAction instead loginPostAction
$this->dispatch('customer/account/login');
// fails also
$this->dispatch('customer/account/loginPost');
// but this assert pass
$this->assertEquals('POST', $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD']);

I would like to make tests more or less like

// ... some setup
$this->getRequest()->setMethod('POST');
$this->dispatch('customer/account/login');
// since login uses singleton, then...
$session = Mage::getSingleton('customer/session');
$this->assertTrue($session->isLoggedIn());

Ivan Chepurnyi · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-05 18:24:41Z

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In customer account controller login and loginPost is two different actions. As for logging in, you need to do something like this:

// Setting data for request
$this->getRequest()->setMethod('POST')
        ->setPost('login', array(
            'username' => '[email protected]',
            'password' => 'customer_password'
        ));

$this->dispatch('customer/account/loginpost'); // This will login customer via controller

But this kind of test body is only required if you need to test login process, but if just want to simulate that customer is logged in, you can create a stub that particular customer is logged in. I used it in few projects. Just add this method to your test case and then use when you need it. It will login customer within single test run and will tear down all the session changes afterwards.

/**
 * Creates information in the session,
 * that customer is logged in
 *
 * @param string $customerEmail
 * @param string $customerPassword
 * @return Mage_Customer_Model_Session|PHPUnit_Framework_MockObject_MockObject
 */
protected function createCustomerSession($customerId, $storeId = null)
{
    // Create customer session mock, for making our session singleton isolated
    $customerSessionMock = $this->getModelMock('customer/session', array('renewSession'));
    $this->replaceByMock('singleton', 'customer/session', $customerSessionMock);

    if ($storeId === null) {
        $storeId = $this->app()->getAnyStoreView()->getCode();
    }

    $this->setCurrentStore($storeId);
    $customerSessionMock->loginById($customerId);

    return $customerSessionMock;
}

Also renewSession method is mocked in above code, because it is using direct setcookie function, instead of core/cookie model, so in command line it produces an error.

Sincerely, Ivan

edited Apr 5, 2016 at 18:24

answered Jul 31, 2012 at 12:28

Ivan Chepurnyi

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4 Comments

Marcin Rogacki Over a year ago

Yes! That is... almost working. I noticed that it has to be passed 'adminpost' instead 'adminPost'. Then action is captured - I checked it on a clean Magento 1.6.2.0. And yes, I would like to test login process, not simulate login customer. Thanks for very quick support and great module! greetz

numerical25 Over a year ago

This is very interesting. I was unaware of the dispatch method. could that be a good solution for file uploads as well ??

scrowler Over a year ago

Thanks Ivan - the loginById() function fixed my problem (customer/session and customer/customer being different when loading a fixture into customer/customer and setting it to the session). Inadvertent fix, but thanks! (@robbieaverill from Twitter)

Ilja Over a year ago

Ivan, please, correct your answer to change loginPost to loginpost, wasted some time struggling with 404

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