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Question

I am currently trying to test an application with Mocha and Chai but I am having difficulties in connecting one of the modules to the test.
Here is my test case:
"use strict";
var chai = require('chai');
var expect = require("chai").expect;
var helloWorld = require("../routes");
var mongoose = require("mongoose");
var app = require("../app");
var application = require("../routes");
describe('helloWorld', function () {
it('Mongo Module extended', function () {
expect(helloWorld()).equal('Mongo Module Extended');
});
});
describe('application', function application(app){
it('connects properly', function(done) {
expect(application(app))
.request('http://localhost:80')
.get('/')
.end(function(err, res) {
expect(res).to.have.status(200);
done(); // <= Call done to signal callback end
});
});
});
and here is the file I am currently trying to test:
var passport = require('passport');
var Account = require('./models/account');
var path = require('path');
var mongojs = require('mongojs');
var dbx = mongojs('test', ['logs']);
var fs = require('fs');
var dbc = mongojs('test', ['accounts']);
function helloWorld() {
return 'Mongo Module Extended';
}
module.exports = helloWorld;
function application(app) {
app.get('/',
function(req, res){
res.sendFile('login.html', {root: __dirname});
});
app.get('/login',
function(req, res){
res.sendFile(path.join(__dirname + '/login.html'));
});
app.get('/index', isLoggedIn,
function(req, res){
req.flash('info', 'Flash is back!')
res.sendFile(path.join(__dirname + '/views/index.html'));
});
app.get('/', isLoggedIn,
function(req, res){
res.sendFile(path.join(__dirname + '/login.html'));
});
app.post('/login', function(req, res, next) {
passport.authenticate('local', function(err, user, info) {
if (err) {
return next(err);
}
if (!user) {
return res.json({success:false, message: "Wrong Username or Password"}); //sends json message to the Front end jQuery function
}
req.logIn(user, function(err) {
if (err) {
return next(err);
}
res.json({success:true, redirectTo: '/index', message: "You are logged-in."}); //sends json message to the Front end jQuery function
/* Add username and time of login to the collection in MongoDB */
dbc.accounts.findOne(function(err, info){
var users = info.username; //Gets the logging username from the collection
var date = new Date().toLocaleDateString(); // generates a new date.
console.log(date);
console.log(date +" "+ "date");
var stamp = {name: users, time:date}; // object to hold both variables.
//toLocaleDateString('en-GB')
dbx.logs.insert(stamp, function(err, result){ //query to insert one inside the "logs" collection.
if(err) { throw err; }else{console.log("added" + JSON.stringify(stamp));}
});
});
/* END of Collection Logging Method */
});
})(req, res, next);
});
app.get('/logout',
function(req, res){
req.logout();
res.redirect('/login');
});
function isLoggedIn(req, res, next) {
//console.log('here is Authenticated', req.isAuthenticated()) //prints out 'here is Authenticated' if the Passport login is successful
if (req.isAuthenticated()){
console.log('here is Authenticated');
return next();
}else{
console.log("you cannot access the routes without being logged in!");
}
}
module.exports = application;
I keep receiving this error:
TypeError: expect(...).request is not a function
which I guess is referencing the first get request I am trying to make in my application file:
app.get('/',
function(req, res){
res.sendFile('login.html', {root: __dirname});
});
At this point I am not really sure how to fix this. I know that my error is in the way that I am trying to test the get request but I cannot seem to bypass it.
How can I correct my code so I can reference the methodsGET and POST methods from module.exports = application; correctly?

Answer 1

Chai on its own doesn't support testing of http routes, you need chai-http to do just that.
You could see the link for more: https://scotch.io/tutorials/test-a-node-restful-api-with-mocha-and-chai