--- title: "Testing API responses in PestPHP" url: https://daily.dev/posts/testing-api-responses-in-pestphp-8a2le6r4u source_url: https://juststeveking.com/articles/testing-api-responses-in-pest-php/ type: article source: "JustSteveKing" author: "Steve McDougall" published: 2025-02-16T08:16:11.833Z updated: 2025-02-17T05:00:23.224Z tags: ["webdev", "testing", "php", "laravel"] reading_time: 6 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Testing API responses in PestPHP **[JustSteveKing](https://daily.dev/sources/juststeveking)** · [@juststeveking](https://daily.dev/juststeveking) · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The post provides a guide on how to test API responses using PestPHP in a Laravel application. It emphasizes focusing on the code you control, rather than trying to replicate the behavior of external libraries or services. Practical examples are given for testing GET, POST, and DELETE endpoints of a fictional book management API. The post demonstrates how to use fixtures to store example responses and ensure the application's requests and responses meet expectations. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#testing](https://daily.dev/tags/testing), [#php](https://daily.dev/tags/php), [#laravel](https://daily.dev/tags/laravel) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/testing-api-responses-in-pestphp-8a2le6r4u)