Test console commands

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Spryker supports several test helpers to assist you in testing your project. This article provides details of how to test console commands with ConsoleHelper.

To test console commands, do the following:

  1. Add \SprykerTest\Zed\Console\Helper\ConsoleHelper to the codeception.yml file:
suites:
    Communication:
        path: Communication
        actor: {ModuleName}CommunnicationTester
        modules:
            enabled:
                - \SprykerTest\Zed\Console\Helper\ConsoleHelper
                - ...

For more information about the codeception.yml file, see Test framework.

  1. Create the test directory tests/PyzTests/Zed/FooModule/Communication/Plugin/Console/, if it is not available yet.
  2. Add the test class:
<?php

namespace PyzTest\Zed\FooModule\Communication\Plugin\Console;

use Codeception\Test\Unit;
use PyzTest\Zed\FooModule\FooModuleCommunicationTester;

class MyConsoleCommandTest extends Unit
{
    /**
     * @var \{Organization}Test\Zed\FooModule\FooModuleCommunicationTester
     */
    protected FooModuleCommunicationTester $tester;
}
  1. Add the test method:
public function testMyConsoleCommand(): void
{
    // You can also use a mocked command or add a mocked facade etc.
    $command = new MyConsoleCommand();
    $commandTester = $this->tester->getConsoleTester($command);

    $input = [
        MyConsoleCommand::ARGUMENT_FOO => 'foo-argument',
        '--' . MyConsoleCommand::OPTION_BAR => 'bar-option',
    ];

    $commandTester->execute($input);

    $this->assertSame(MyConsoleCommand::CODE_SUCCESS, $commandTester->getStatusCode());

    // When you expect some output from the console command you can assert it with:
    $this->assertStringContainsString('My console command output.', $commandTester->getDisplay());
}

That’s it. You are all set to test the console commands.