spatie/pest-plugin-snapshots

A package for snapshot testing in Pest

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github.com/spatie/pest-plugin-snapshots

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2.3.1 2026-04-27 15:44 UTC

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MIT 188c77074815c633d6b21c2392ace9989659b1c3

pluginspatiesnapshotspest

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Last update: 2026-05-27 15:58:27 UTC


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This package adds snapshot testing capabilities to Pest. It wraps our phpunit-snapshot-assertions package making snapshot assertions available in Pest tests.

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Installation

You can install the package via composer:

composer require spatie/pest-plugin-snapshots --dev

Usage

use function Spatie\Snapshots\{assertMatchesSnapshot, assertMatchesJsonSnapshot};

it('can be cast to string', function () {
 $order = new Order(1);

 assertMatchesSnapshot($order->toString());
});

it('can be cast to json', function () {
 $order = new Order(1);

 assertMatchesJsonSnapshot($order->toJson());
});

You can also use an expectation:

it('can be cast to string', function () {
 $order = new Order(1);

 expect($order->toString())->toMatchSnapshot();
});

For the full list of assertions, please refer to underlying package: phpunit-snapshot-assertions.

Testing

composer test

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information on what has changed recently.

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

Security

If you've found a bug regarding security please mail security@spatie.be instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.