Trigger a test http request

Question

Trigger a test http request

For unit testing purposes I want to trigger a fake http request in expressjs to my routes to test how each respond. Is there an easy way to do this?

node.js
unit-testing
express

Answer 1

Trigger a real request. it will not use any bandwidth since its on the same machine

var options = {
    hostname: 'example.com',
    path: '/test'
};

http.request(options).end();

Answer 2

Request.js is the most common way to send requests with node.

var request = require('request');
request('http://www.google.com', function (error, response, body) {
  if (!error && response.statusCode == 200) {
    console.log(body) // Print the google web page.
  }
})