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stephenjude/api-test-helper
===========================

A collection of helper methods for testing and debugging API endpoints

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Laravel API Test Helpers
========================

[](#laravel-api-test-helpers)

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This is a collection of helper methods for testing and debugging API endpoints.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

You can install the package via composer:

```
composer require stephenjude/api-test-helper --dev
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
namespace Tests\Apis;

use App\Models\User;
use Tests\TestCase;
use Stephenjude\ApiTestHelper\WithApiHelper;

class UserApiTest extends TestCase
{
    use WithApiHelper;

    /*
    * @test
    */
    public function testGetAllUsers()
    {
        $actualUsers = User::all();

        $this->response = $this->getJson('/users');

        // Assert response is 200
        $this->response->assertOk();

        // Dump api data to the console
        $this->dumpApiData();

        // Write api data to the log file
        $this->logApiData();

        // Return a decoded api response data
        $responseData = $this->decodeApiResponse();

        // Assert API data is a collection
        $this->assertApiResponseCollection($actualUsers);
    }
}
```

Available Helper Methods
------------------------

[](#available-helper-methods)

MethodDescription`decodeApiResponse()`Returns a decoded api response data.`dumpApiData()`Dump api response data to the console.`logApiData()`Write api response data to the log file.`assertApiSuccess()`Assert api response data is successful: \[success => true\].`assertApiResponse($actualData)`Assert api response data is same actual data item.`assertApiResponseCollection($actualData)`Assert api response data is same actual collection items.### Testing

[](#testing)

```
composer test
```

### Changelog

[](#changelog)

Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information what has changed recently.

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.

### Security

[](#security)

If you discover any security related issues, please email  instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Stephen Jude](https://github.com/stephenjude)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

35

—

LowBetter than 80% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity28

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity66

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 96% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~109 days

Recently: every ~143 days

Total

10

Last Release

1026d ago

Major Versions

1.0.5 → 2.0.02022-02-09

2.0.2 → 3.0.02023-07-27

PHP version history (3 changes)1.0PHP ^7.1

1.0.5PHP ^7.1|^8.0

2.0.0PHP ^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

[![stephenjude](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/31182887?v=4)](https://github.com/stephenjude "stephenjude (24 commits)")[![eyounelson](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/24621192?v=4)](https://github.com/eyounelson "eyounelson (1 commits)")

---

Tags

apiapi-testinghelperslaravellaravel-frameworktestingstephenjudeapi-test-helper

###  Code Quality

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