hapijs testing with server.inject error catched - node.js

Question

i am trying to test hapijs with server.inject
/// <reference path="../../typings/index.d.ts" />
import * as chai from "chai";
let assert = chai.assert;
import server from "../../src/server";
import UserController from '../../src/controllers/userController';
import UserRepository from '../../src/libs/repository/mongo/userRepository';
import {IUser, IUserActivation, IUserCreate} from "../../src/libs/repository/interfaces";
describe("routes/user", function() {
const userController = new UserController(server, new UserRepository());
// ========================== [ ACTIVATE ] ==========================
it.only("/activate: should activate a user", function(done) {
let user: IUserActivation = {
'_id': '1234566737465',
'token': '123234523542345'
};
let url = '/api/users/' + user._id + '/' + user.token;
const request = {
method: 'PUT',
url: url,
payload: user
};
server.inject(request).then((response) => {
let res = JSON.parse(response.payload);
//assert.strictEqual(res.success, true, '/users/{id}/{token}')
chai.expect(res.success).to.deep.equal(false);
chai.expect(res.success).to.deep.equal(true);
done();
}).catch((error) => {
console.log(error.message);
});
});
});
The response.success attribute is true. So normally the test should fail because of chai.expect(res.success).to.deep.equal(false);.
But the test fails with the message: Error: timeout of 2000ms exceeded. Ensure the done() callback is being called in this test.
When removing the catch clause it also fails with the timeout error.
If I add done() to the end of the catch-clause the test is passing. That is wrong behavior, because the test should fail.
What can i do to get the expected behavior? thanks in advance.

Answer 1

The problem would be that server.inject returns a promise. As long as your using a recent version of Mocha, it can handle that but you don't need to worry about calling done() and rather return the server.inject.
describe("routes/user", function() {
const userController = new UserController(server, new UserRepository());
// ========================== [ ACTIVATE ] ==========================
it.only("/activate: should activate a user", function() { //No done needed
let user: IUserActivation = {
'_id': '1234566737465',
'token': '123234523542345'
};
let url = '/api/users/' + user._id + '/' + user.token;
const request = {
method: 'PUT',
url: url,
payload: user
};
//Return the promise
return server.inject(request).then((response) => {
let res = JSON.parse(response.payload);
//assert.strictEqual(res.success, true, '/users/{id}/{token}')
chai.expect(res.success).to.deep.equal(false);
chai.expect(res.success).to.deep.equal(true);
}); //No catch needed.
});
});