withoutExceptionHandling(); $data ='{ "data": [ { "force_delete": false, "type": "file", "unique_id": 0 }, { "force_delete": false, "type": "file", "unique_id": 1 }, { "force_delete": false, "type": "file", "unique_id": 2 } ] }'; $user = factory(User::class)->create(); factory(FileManagerFile::class, 3)->create(); $this->assertDatabaseCount('file_manager_files', 3); $this->actingAs($user)->withoutMiddleware()->json('POST','/api/remove-item', json_decode($data , true)) ->assertStatus(201); // $this->assertDatabaseCount('file_manager_files', 3); } }