var chai = require('chai'); var expect = chai.expect; var request = require('supertest'); var app; var errorMessage = 'Parameter is not an integer'; // There are three ways to pass parameters to express: // - as part of the URL // - as GET parameter in the querystring // - as POST parameter in the body // These test show that req.checkBody are only interested in req.body values, all other // parameters will be ignored. function validation(req, res) { req.checkBody('testparam', errorMessage).notEmpty().isInt(); req.checkBody('arrayParam').isArray(); var errors = req.validationErrors(); if (errors) { return res.send(errors); } res.send({ testparam: req.body.testparam }); } function fail(body, length) { expect(body).to.have.length(length); expect(body[0]).to.have.property('msg', errorMessage); } function pass(body) { expect(body).to.have.property('testparam', '42'); } function getRoute(path, test, length, done) { request(app) .get(path) .end(function(err, res) { test(res.body, length); done(); }); } function postRoute(path, data, test, length, done) { request(app) .post(path) .send(data) .end(function(err, res) { test(res.body, length); done(); }); } // This before() is required in each set of tests in // order to use a new validation function in each file before(function() { delete require.cache[require.resolve('./helpers/app')]; app = require('./helpers/app')(validation); }); describe('#checkBody()', function() { describe('GET tests', function() { it('should return three errors when param is missing', function(done) { getRoute('/', fail, 3, done); }); it('should return three errors when param is present, but not in the body', function(done) { getRoute('/42', fail, 3, done); }); }); describe('POST tests', function() { it('should return three errors when param is missing', function(done) { postRoute('/', null, fail, 3, done); }); it('should return three errors when param is present, but not in the body', function(done) { postRoute('/42', null, fail, 3, done); }); // POST only it('should return three errors when params are not present', function(done) { postRoute('/test?testparam=gettest', null, fail, 3, done); }); it('should return three errors when param is present, but not in body', function(done) { postRoute('/42?testparam=42', null, fail, 3, done); }); it('should return two errors when one param is present, but does not validate', function(done) { postRoute('/42?testparam=42', { testparam: 'posttest' }, fail, 2, done); }); it('should return a success when params validate on the body', function(done) { postRoute('/?testparam=blah', { testparam: '42', arrayParam: [1, 2, 3] }, pass, null, done); }); it('should return two errors when two params are present, but do not validate', function(done) { postRoute('/?testparam=42', { testparam: 'posttest', arrayParam: 123 }, fail, 2, done); }); it('should return two errors when two params are present, but do not validate', function(done) { postRoute('/?testparam=42', { testparam: 'posttest', arrayParam: {} }, fail, 2, done); }); it('should return two errors when two params are present, but do not validate', function(done) { postRoute('/', { testparam: 'test', arrayParam: '[]' }, fail, 2, done); }); it('should return a success when params validate on the body', function(done) { postRoute('/', { testparam: '42', arrayParam: [] }, pass, null, done); }); }); });