Setting Bearer Token in the header section while testing with Supertest - node.js

Question

I'm trying to add the Bearer in the header section in POST request while testing with Supertest. I tried many methods. I'm a beginner in testing. Please suggest some better ways to achieve this.
here is my sample code. What is wrong with this?
it('POST/userAuth', async (done) => {
const res = await request
.post('/v1/user/haha')
.set('Authorization', `bearer ${Token}`)
.send({
title: 'Some random text',
options: [
{ start: hello, end: world },
{ start: good, end: bye },
],
});

Answer 1

You can set a request header like this:
const request = require('supertest');
const express = require('express');
const app = express();
const TOKEN = 'some_token';
describe('POST /some-url', function() {
it('does something', function(done) {
request(app)
.post('/some-url')
.send({ body: 'some-body' })
.set('Authorization', `Bearer ${TOKEN}`)
.expect(200, done);
});
});

Answer 2

in superagent docs you can find specialized .auth method
interface Request extends Promise<Response> {
auth(user: string, pass: string, options?: { type: "basic" | "auto" }): this;
auth(token: string, options: { type: "bearer" }): this;
...
}
(supertest is using superagent under the hood)
I prefer to set auth in before function for all tests in the set.
import * as Koa from 'koa';
import * as http from 'http';
import { agent as superagent } from 'supertest';
import { UserController } from './user-controller';
const testBearerToken = 'test-bearer-token';
describe('user controller', async () => {
context('simple user', async () => {
it('should save user', async () => {
const response = await test
.post('/v1/user/haha')
// you can here, but rather set it in the before function
//.auth(testBearerToken, { type: 'bearer' });
.send({
title: 'Some random text',
options: [
{ start: 'hello', end: 'world' },
{ start: 'good', end: 'bye' },
],
});
// .expect(...)
// expect(response)...
});
});
let test;
before(async () => {
const app = new Koa();
const userController = new UserController();
app.use(userController.middleware());
test = superagent(http.createServer(app.callback()))
.auth(testBearerToken, { type: 'bearer' });
});
});