Match JsonStructure in PhpUnit Test – Laravel 5.4

Luckily, playing with different options I have solved this issue. A ‘*’ is expected as key if we are to match a nested object in an array. We can see the reference here.

Source: TestResponse

I have set the structure like this for array ofobjects`

$response->assertJsonStructure([
    'status',
    'message',
    'data' => [
      '*' => [
        'id',
        'name',
        'email',
        'created_at',
        'updated_at',
        'user_id'
      ]
    ]
  ]);

And if you want to match just a single object

$response->assertJsonStructure([
    'status',
    'message',
    'data' => [
      [
        'id',
        'name',
        'email',
        'created_at',
        'updated_at',
        'user_id'
      ]
    ]
  ]);