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url: https://docs.laravel-excel.com/3.1/exports/testing.md
---
# Testing

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The Excel facade can be used to swap the exporter to a fake.

## Testing downloads

```php
/**
* @test
*/
public function user_can_download_invoices_export() 
{
    Excel::fake();

    $this->actingAs($this->givenUser())
         ->get('/invoices/download/xlsx');

    Excel::assertDownloaded('filename.xlsx', function(InvoicesExport $export) {
        // Assert that the correct export is downloaded.
        return $export->collection()->contains('#2018-01');
    });
}
```

## Testing storing exports

```php
/**
* @test
*/
public function user_can_store_invoices_export() 
{
    Excel::fake();

    $this->actingAs($this->givenUser())
         ->get('/invoices/store/xlsx');

    Excel::assertStored('filename.xlsx', 'diskName');
    
    Excel::assertStored('filename.xlsx', 'diskName', function(InvoicesExport $export) {
        return true;
    });
    
    // When passing the callback as 2nd param, the disk will be the default disk.
    Excel::assertStored('filename.xlsx', function(InvoicesExport $export) {
        return true;
    });
}
```

## Testing queuing exports

```php
/**
* @test
*/
public function user_can_queue_invoices_export() 
{
    Excel::fake();

    $this->actingAs($this->givenUser())
         ->get('/invoices/queue/xlsx');

    Excel::assertQueued('filename.xlsx', 'diskName');
    
    Excel::assertQueued('filename.xlsx', 'diskName', function(InvoicesExport $export) {
        return true;
    });
    
    // When passing the callback as 2nd param, the disk will be the default disk.
    Excel::assertQueued('filename.xlsx', function(InvoicesExport $export) {
        return true;
    });
    
    // Assert that the export was queued with a specific chain of other jobs.
    Excel::assertQueuedWithChain([
        new NotifyUsers(),
    ])
}
```

## Testing exports with dynamic file name/path

If you have dynamic naming for files or paths, you can use a regular expression to represent those while testing:

```php
/**
* @test
*/
public function user_can_store_invoices_export() 
{
   Excel::fake();
   
   $this->actingAs($this->givenUser())
        ->get('/invoices/store/xlsx');
   
   // Tells the mock to use regular expressions
   Excel::matchByRegex(); 
   // For a given dynamic named file 'invoices_2019.xlsx'
   Excel::assertStored('/invoices_\d{4}\.xlsx/', 'diskName');
}
```

Please note that your expression must match only one file/path. If more than one match is found, the test will fail.