Integration Testing Repositories That Use Eloquent (with Codeception)

StatusRepository.php

<?php namespace Larabook\Statuses;

use Larabook\Users\User;

class StatusRepository {

    /**
     * Get all statuses associated with a user.
     *
     * @param User $user
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function getAllForUser(User $user)
    {
        return $user->statuses()->get();
    }

    /**
     * Save a new status for a user.
     *
     * @param Status $status
     * @param $userId
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function save(Status $status, $userId)
    {
        return User::findOrFail($userId)
            ->statuses()
            ->save($status);
    }

} 

StatusRepositoryTest.php

<?php

use Larabook\Statuses\StatusRepository;
use Laracasts\TestDummy\Factory as TestDummy;

class StatusRepositoryTest extends \Codeception\TestCase\Test {
   
   /**
    * @var \IntegrationTester
    */
    protected $tester;

    /**
     * @var Status Repository
     */
    protected $repo;

    /**
     * Before each test, do...
     */
    protected function _before()
    {
        $this->repo = new StatusRepository;
    }

    /** @test */
    public function it_gets_all_statuses_for_a_user()
    {
        // Given I have two users
        $users = TestDummy::times(2)->create('Larabook\Users\User');

        // And statuses for both of them
        $statuses = TestDummy::times(2)->create('Larabook\Statuses\Status', ['user_id' => $users[0]->id]);
        TestDummy::times(2)->create('Larabook\Statuses\Status', ['user_id' => $users[1]->id]);

        // When I fetch statuses for one user
        $statusesForUser = $this->repo->getAllForUser($users[0]);

        // Then I should receive only the relevant ones
        $this->assertCount(2, $statusesForUser);
        $this->assertEquals($statuses[0], $statusesForUser[0]);
        $this->assertEquals($statuses[1], $statusesForUser[1]);
    }

    /** @test */
    public function it_saves_a_status_for_a_user()
    {
        // Given I have an unsaved status
        $status = TestDummy::build('Larabook\Statuses\Status', [
            'user_id' => null,
            'body' => 'My status'
        ]);

        // And an existing user
        $user = TestDummy::create('Larabook\Users\User');

        // When I try to persist this status
        $this->repo->save($status, $user->id);

        // Then it should be saved, and have the correct user_id
        $this->tester->seeRecord('statuses', [
            'body' => 'My status',
            'user_id' => $user->id
        ]);
    }

}