Tests actingAs(): No Need to Send Tokens

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When looking at the tests, I noticed the repeating code to create a new user and then perform the API call using Bearer Token.

tests/Feature/OrderCreateTest.php:

class OrderCreateTest extends TestCase
{
    use RefreshDatabase;
 
    public function test_create_order_successfully()
    {
        [$token, $user] = $this->createAuthUserToken();
 
        // ...
 
        // Send a POST request to create the order with the token in the headers
        $response = $this->withHeaders([
            'Authorization' => 'Bearer '.$token,
        ])->postJson('/api/v1/orders', $orderData);
 
        // ...

That createAuthUserToken() is defined in the base TestCase, like this:

tests/TestCase.php:

abstract class TestCase extends BaseTestCase
{
    protected function createAuthUserToken(): array
    {
        // Create a user
        $user = \App\Models\User::factory()->create();
 
        // Generate a Sanctum token for the user
        return [$user->createToken('auth_token')->plainTextToken, $user];
    }
}

This is another example of how the code works but is not written in a "native Laravel" way. Laravel allows you to...