resolved issue #178(switch from GET->POST if payload exists)

lib/screens/home_page/editor_pane/details_card/request_pane/request_body.dart

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+import 'dart:developer';
+
+import 'package:apidash/models/models.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_riverpod/flutter_riverpod.dart';
 import 'package:apidash/providers/providers.dart';
@@ -17,6 +20,25 @@ class EditRequestBody extends ConsumerWidget {
     final contentType = ref.watch(selectedRequestModelProvider
         .select((value) => value?.httpRequestModel?.bodyContentType));
 
+    void changeToPostMethod() {
+      RequestModel? model = ref
+          .read(collectionStateNotifierProvider.notifier)
+          .getRequestModel(selectedId);
+
+      if (model!.httpRequestModel!.method == HTTPVerb.get) {
+        ref
+            .read(collectionStateNotifierProvider.notifier)
+            .update(selectedId, method: HTTPVerb.post);
+        ScaffoldMessenger.of(context).showSnackBar(const SnackBar(
+          content: Text(
+            "Switched to POST method",
+            style: TextStyle(color: Colors.white),
+          ),
+          backgroundColor: Colors.black,
+        ));
+      }
+    }
+
     return Column(
       children: [
         const SizedBox(
@@ -33,8 +55,11 @@ class EditRequestBody extends ConsumerWidget {
         ),
         Expanded(
           child: switch (contentType) {
-            ContentType.formdata =>
-              const Padding(padding: kPh4, child: FormDataWidget()),
+            ContentType.formdata => Padding(
+                padding: kPh4,
+                child: FormDataWidget(
+                  changeMethodToPost: changeToPostMethod,
+                )),
             // TODO: Fix JsonTextFieldEditor & plug it here
             ContentType.json => Padding(
                 padding: kPt5o10,
@@ -43,6 +68,7 @@ class EditRequestBody extends ConsumerWidget {
                   fieldKey: "$selectedId-json-body-editor",
                   initialValue: requestModel?.httpRequestModel?.body,
                   onChanged: (String value) {
+                    changeToPostMethod();
                     ref
                         .read(collectionStateNotifierProvider.notifier)
                         .update(selectedId, body: value);
@@ -56,6 +82,7 @@ class EditRequestBody extends ConsumerWidget {
                   fieldKey: "$selectedId-body-editor",
                   initialValue: requestModel?.httpRequestModel?.body,
                   onChanged: (String value) {
+                    changeToPostMethod();
                     ref
                         .read(collectionStateNotifierProvider.notifier)
                         .update(selectedId, body: value);

lib/screens/home_page/editor_pane/details_card/request_pane/request_form_data.dart

@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ import 'package:apidash/utils/utils.dart';
 import 'package:apidash/consts.dart';
 
 class FormDataWidget extends ConsumerStatefulWidget {
-  const FormDataWidget({super.key});
+  final Function changeMethodToPost;
+  const FormDataWidget({required this.changeMethodToPost, super.key});
   @override
   ConsumerState<FormDataWidget> createState() => _FormDataBodyState();
 }
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ class _FormDataBodyState extends ConsumerState<FormDataWidget> {
   }
 
   void _onFieldChange(String selectedId) {
+    widget.changeMethodToPost();
     ref.read(collectionStateNotifierProvider.notifier).update(
           selectedId,
           formData: formRows.sublist(0, formRows.length - 1),
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@ class _FormDataBodyState extends ConsumerState<FormDataWidget> {
         .select((value) => value?.httpRequestModel?.formData?.length));
     var rF = ref.read(selectedRequestModelProvider)?.httpRequestModel?.formData;
     bool isFormDataEmpty = rF == null || rF.isEmpty;
+
     formRows = isFormDataEmpty
         ? [
             kFormDataEmptyModel,

pubspec.yaml

@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ dependencies:
       url: https://github.com/foss42/curl_converter.git
       ref: 726e8cd04aeb326211af27f75920be5b21c90bb4
   
+
 dependency_overrides:
   web: ^0.5.0
   pdf_widget_wrapper: ^1.0.4

test/providers/collection_providers_test.dart

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import 'package:apidash/consts.dart';
+import 'package:apidash/screens/home_page/editor_pane/details_card/request_pane/request_body.dart';
+import 'package:apidash/widgets/editor.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_riverpod/flutter_riverpod.dart';
+import 'package:apidash/providers/providers.dart';
+import 'helpers.dart';
+
+void main() async {
+  setUp(() async => await testSetUp());
+
+  testWidgets(
+      'Request method changes from GET to POST when body is added and Snackbar is shown',
+      (WidgetTester tester) async {
+    // Set up the test environment
+    final container = createContainer();
+    final notifier = container.read(collectionStateNotifierProvider.notifier);
+
+    // Ensure the initial request is a GET request with no body
+    final id = notifier.state!.entries.first.key;
+    expect(
+        notifier.getRequestModel(id)!.httpRequestModel!.method, HTTPVerb.get);
+    expect(notifier.getRequestModel(id)!.httpRequestModel!.body, isNull);
+
+    // Build the EditRequestBody widget
+    await tester.pumpWidget(
+      ProviderScope(
+        // ignore: deprecated_member_use
+        parent: container,
+        child: const MaterialApp(
+          home: Scaffold(
+            body: EditRequestBody(),
+          ),
+        ),
+      ),
+    );
+
+    // Add a body to the request, which should trigger the method change
+    await tester.enterText(find.byType(TextFieldEditor), 'new body added');
+    await tester.pump(); // Process the state change
+
+    // Verify that the request method changed to POST
+    expect(
+        notifier.getRequestModel(id)!.httpRequestModel!.method, HTTPVerb.post);
+
+    // Verify that the Snackbar is shown
+    expect(find.text('Switched to POST method'), findsOneWidget);
+  });
+}

test/providers/helpers.dart

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import 'package:apidash/services/hive_services.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/services.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_riverpod/flutter_riverpod.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
+import 'package:test/test.dart';
+
+/// A testing utility which creates a [ProviderContainer] and automatically
+/// disposes it at the end of the test.
+ProviderContainer createContainer({
+  ProviderContainer? parent,
+  List<Override> overrides = const [],
+  List<ProviderObserver>? observers,
+}) {
+  // Create a ProviderContainer, and optionally allow specifying parameters.
+  final container = ProviderContainer(
+    parent: parent,
+    overrides: overrides,
+    observers: observers,
+  );
+
+  // When the test ends, dispose the container.
+  addTearDown(container.dispose);
+
+  return container;
+}
+
+Future<void> testSetUp() async {
+  // override path_provider methodCall to point
+  // path to temporary location for all unit tests
+  TestWidgetsFlutterBinding.ensureInitialized();
+  const MethodChannel channel =
+      MethodChannel('plugins.flutter.io/path_provider');
+
+  TestDefaultBinaryMessengerBinding.instance.defaultBinaryMessenger
+      .setMockMethodCallHandler(channel, (MethodCall methodCall) async {
+    return './test/unit-test-hive-storage/';
+  });
+
+  await openBoxes();
+}

test/providers/ui_providers_test.dart

@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 import 'dart:io';
-import 'package:spot/spot.dart';
-import 'package:apidash/consts.dart';
 import 'package:apidash/providers/providers.dart';
 import 'package:apidash/screens/common_widgets/common_widgets.dart';
 import 'package:apidash/screens/dashboard.dart';