phplaravellaravel-4

Laravel: Testing routes with custom request headers

So the question is simple:

How to send custom request header, when I testing with Laravel?

I'm trying to make like so:

$this->call('POST', '/my/route', [
    'params' => 'array'
], [], [
    'X-Custom' => 'header'
]);

But when I call Request::header('X-Custom') in my controller, I didn't get it. Yes, it's available in Request::server('X-Custom'), but it's not what I need.

So I need to get it in Request::header().

PS: Laravel 4

Solution

  • You need to properly form the header, or it will be ignored. Try this:

    $this->call('POST', '/my/route', [
    'params' => 'array'
], [], [
    'HTTP_X-Custom' => 'header'
]);

    The HTTP_ will be stripped when you look at your Request