I'm trying to test the get function:
exports.get = function(req, res) {
Subscriptions
.find(req.params.id)
.success(function(subscription) {
if (subscription) {
res.json({message: "Success"}, 200);
} else {
res.json({message: "Not found"}, 404);
}
})
.error(function(error) {
res.json({message: "Internal server error"}, 500);
});
};
Specifically, I don't really care if it hits the database, I only want to test the scenarios where the success and error events occur. I'm using sequelize.js as my orm to handle the database. I've gotten a test up and running, but its a bit nasty, with the timeout. Is there a better way of doing this? Here's the test I've written so far:
var express = require('express')
, sinon = require('sinon')
, subscription = require('app/controllers/subscriptions')
, Subscriptions = require('app/models/subscriptions')
;
describe('subscription controller', function() {
beforeEach(function() {
this.mockResponse = sinon.mock(express.response);
});
afterEach(function() {
this.mockResponse.restore();
});
describe('GET /subscriptions/:id', function() {
it('should return a json response', function(done) {
var request = {
params: {
id: 'identifier'
}
};
var expectedResponse = {
subscriptions_uri : "/subscription/identifier"
};
this.mockResponse
.expects('json')
.once()
.withArgs(expectedResponse);
subscription.get(request, express.response);
setTimeout(function() {
done();
}, 500);
});
});
});
I decided to use the supertest library, which made testing my controller incredibly easy:
var express = require('express')
, subscription = require('app/controllers/subscriptions')
, request = require('supertest')
, app = express()
;
describe('subscription controller', function() {
describe('GET /subscriptions/:id', function() {
it('should return a json response', function(done) {
var expectedBody = {
subscriptions_uri : "/subscription/identifier"
};
request(app)
.get('/subscriptions/identifier')
.set('Accept', 'application/json')
.expect('Content-Type', /json/)
.expect(expectedBody)
.expect(200, done);
});
});
});