springboard
Installing
npm install springboardUsage
springboard makes it simple to write full-stack HTTP tests for your express applications. Let's start with a simple express application.
express = require "express"
app = express()
app.use express.bodyParser()
app.use express.methodOverride()
app.use app.router
app.get "/hello", (req, res) ->
res.send "Hello, world!"
app.post "/post", (req, res) ->
res.send "Hello, #{req.body.name}!"
module.exports = appNow, let's write some tests with springboard! We'll use the mocha testing framework and chai for assertions.
expect = require("chai").expect
springboard = require "springboard"
app = require "./app.coffee"
describe "springboard", ->
it "handles GET requests", (done) ->
springboard.withServer app, (r) ->
r.get "/hello", (err, result) ->
expect(result).to.eql("Hello, world!")
r.stop()
done()
it "allows POST requests with form data", (done) ->
springboard.withServer app, (r) ->
r.post "/post", {name: "Drew"}, (err, result, response) ->
expect(result).to.eql("Hello, Drew!")
r.stop()
done()
it "allows POST requests with JSON data", (done) ->
springboard.withServer app, (r) ->
r.post "/post", JSON.stringify({name: "Drew"}), (err, result, response) ->
expect(result).to.eql("Hello, Drew!")
r.stop()
done()For more examples, take a look at the tests.
Contributing
To install dependencies, compile the coffeescript and run the tests, just run
npm install
npm testNow write some tests, make them pass and send me a pull request!
