HTTP Test

HTTP testing library

API

[new ]HttpTest([origin[, options]])

Arguments:

• origin: Optional http request origin, defaults to process.env.PORT as port
  • origin: fully fledged origin with protocol, host, and port
  • port: port number to local http server
  • Express App: will be used to create a http server, can actually be any function that will act as http.createServer requestListener
• options: Optional object with options to pass to got

Returns verb:

• get(path): http get
• post(path[, body]): http get
• put(path[, body]): http get
• delete(path[, body]): http delete
• del(path[, body]): http delete
• head(path): http head
• request(method, path, options): make http request with method

Verb

All http verb functions returns a promise and some utility functions

• set(arg[, arg]): set header
• query(arg): set query
• send(arg): send body
• json([bool = true]): set/unset expect json response, default is set
• redirects(maxRedirects): set number of max redirects, defaults to 0
• expect(arg[, arg]): expect statusCode, header with value, and body

HttpTest.agent(origin, options)

Returns HTTP tester with cookie jar exposed as property jar. Subsequent requests will forward cookies that match origin and path.

Example

const app = require("../app");
const HttpTest = require("@bonniernews/httptest");

it("get replies 200", async () => {
  await new HttpTest(app)
    .get("/")
    .expect(200)
    .expect("content-type", "text/html; charset=utf-8");
});

it("post also replies 200", async () => {
  await HttpTest(app)
    .post("/", {})
    .json()
    .expect(200)
    .expect("content-type", "application/json; charset=utf-8")
    .expect({ foo: "bar" });
});

it("origin replies with 200", async () => {
  await HttpTest("https://example.com")
    .get("/")
    .expect(200)
    .expect("content-type", "text/html; charset=utf-8");
});

it("ok if body matches string", () => {
  return request(app)
    .get("/")
    .expect(200)
    .expect((res) => {
      expect(res.text).to.equal("<html/>");
    });
});

it("response content-type json returns body as JSON", async () => {
  await HttpTest(app)
    .post("/", {})
    .expect(200)
    .expect("content-type", "application/json; charset=utf-8")
    .expect({ foo: "bar" });
});