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Expand Up @@ -196,6 +196,16 @@ You may wish to override the User Agent of the browser for all of your tests, yo
pest()->browser()->userAgent('CustomUserAgent');
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### Configuring Host

By default, the server will bind to `127.0.0.1` for all browser tests.

You may wish to override the host for subdomain applications. You can configure this in the `Pest.php` configuration file:

```php
pest()->browser()->withHost('some-subdomain.localhost');
```

### Geolocation

Sometimes, you need to define where the browser believes it is physically on the earth. This method takes a latitude and longitude and will set the `geolocation` permission in the browser and then make the coordinates available via Javascript's getCurrentPosition API:
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$page->assertSee('Welcome, bot!');
```

### Configuring Host

You can set the host for your test server using the `withHost` method. This is useful for testing subdomains or where different hosts serve different content.

```php
$page = visit('/dashboard')->withHost('some-subdomain.localhost');

$page->assertSee('Welcome to Some Subdomain');
```

## Table of Contents

### Available Assertions
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