hapijs-lab: Test a route with a valid session - node.js

Question

In my hapijs app I have few routes which require a session, uses hapi-auth-cookie plugin for auth strategy. I want to add few tests (via Lab ) for these routes.
I couldn't find any documentation on how I can setup a test (maybe via before ?) for this scenario. Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

If you only need an authenticated user, just assign the user to the credentials property in tests:
var user = { ... };
server.inject({ method: 'GET', url: '/', credentials: user }, function (res) {
console.log(res.result);
});
Here is an example that demonstrates it:
var Bcrypt = require('bcrypt');
var Hapi = require('hapi');
var HapiAuthCookie = require('hapi-auth-cookie');
var server = new Hapi.Server();
server.connection({ port: 3000 });
var users = {
john: {
username: 'john',
password: '$2a$10$iqJSHD.BGr0E2IxQwYgJmeP3NvhPrXAeLSaGCj6IR/XU5QtjVu5Tm',
name: 'John Doe',
id: '2133d32a'
}
};
var validate = function (request, username, password, callback) {
var user = users[username];
if (!user) {
return callback(null, false);
}
Bcrypt.compare(password, user.password, function (err, isValid) {
callback(err, isValid, { id: user.id, name: user.name });
});
};
server.register(HapiAuthCookie, function (err) {
server.auth.strategy('session', 'cookie', {
password: 'secret',
validateFunc: validate
});
server.route({
method: 'GET',
path: '/',
config: {
auth: 'session',
handler: function (request, reply) {
reply('hello, ' + request.auth.credentials.name);
}
}
});
server.inject({ method: 'GET', url: '/', credentials: users.john }, function (res) {
console.log(res.result);
});
});
Large part of the example was taken from the Authentication Tutorial.

Answer 2

For my need for session during testing, I created hapi-session-inject. Usage is as follows
const server = new Hapi.Server();
const session = new Session(server);
// Callback interface
session.inject('/', (res) => {
...
});
// Promise interface
return session.inject('/').then((res) => {
...
});
Hope it helps.