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We'll have a bunch of test classes and they'll all need to create a Guzzle Client with these options. So let's just get organized now.

Create a new Test directory in the bundle and a new class called ApiTestCase. This will be a base class for all our API tests. Make it extend the normal PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase:

30 lines | src/AppBundle/Test/ApiTestCase.php
// ... lines 1 - 2
namespace AppBundle\Test;
// ... lines 4 - 6
class ApiTestCase extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
{
// ... lines 9 - 29
}

Right now, the thing I want to move out of each test class is the creation of the Guzzle Client. So copy that code. In ApiTestCase, override a method called setupBeforeClass() - it's static. PHPUnit calls this one time at the beginning of running your whole test suite.

Paste the $client code here. Because really, even if we run A LOT of tests, we can probably always use the same Guzzle client. Create a private static property called $staticClient and put the Client there with self::$staticClient. And give Client a proper use statement:

30 lines | src/AppBundle/Test/ApiTestCase.php
// ... lines 1 - 6
class ApiTestCase extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
{
private static $staticClient;
// ... lines 10 - 15
public static function setUpBeforeClass()
{
self::$staticClient = new Client([
'base_url' => 'http://localhost:8000',
'defaults' => [
'exceptions' => false
]
]);
}
// ... lines 25 - 29
}

Tip

In case you are using Guzzle 6, you would need to use the base_uri key instead of base_url to configure Guzzle client properly.

Cool. So now the Client is created once per test suite. Now, create a protected $client property that is not static with some nice PHPDoc above it. Woops - make sure you actually make this protected: this is what we'll use in the sub-classes. Then, override setup() and say $this->client = self::$staticClient:

30 lines | src/AppBundle/Test/ApiTestCase.php
// ... lines 1 - 6
class ApiTestCase extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
{
// ... lines 9 - 10
/**
* @var Client
*/
protected $client;
// ... lines 15 - 25
protected function setUp()
{
$this->client = self::$staticClient;
}
}

setupBeforeClass() will make sure the Client is created just once and setup() puts that onto a non-static property, just because I like non-static things a bit better. Oh, and if we did need to do any clean up resetting of the Client, we could do that in setup() or tearDown().

Extend the Base Class

Back in the actual test class, get rid of the $client code and simply reference $this->client. Ooooo, and don't forget to extend ApiTestCase like I just did:

28 lines | src/AppBundle/Tests/Controller/Api/ProgrammerControllerTest.php
// ... lines 1 - 3
use AppBundle\Test\ApiTestCase;
class ProgrammerControllerTest extends ApiTestCase
{
public function testPOST()
{
// ... lines 10 - 16
// 1) Create a programmer resource
$response = $this->client->post('/api/programmers', [
'body' => json_encode($data)
]);
// ... lines 21 - 25
}
}

Make sure we didn't break anything:

php bin/phpunit -c app src/AppBundle/Tests/Controller/Api/ProgrammerControllerTest.php

Hey, still green!