var chai = require('chai'); var expect = chai.expect; var request = require('supertest'); var app; var errorMessage = 'valid email required'; function validation(req, res) { req.assert('email', 'required').notEmpty(); req.assert('email', errorMessage).isEmail(); var errors = req.validationErrors(true); if (errors) { return res.send(errors); } res.send({ email: req.params.email || req.query.email || req.body.email }); } function fail(body) { expect(body).to.have.deep.property('email.msg', errorMessage); } function pass(body) { expect(body).to.have.property('email', 'test@example.com'); } function testRoute(path, data, test, done) { request(app) .post(path) .send(data) .end(function(err, res) { test(res.body); 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('#validationErrors(true)', function() { it('should return a success when the correct data is passed on the body', function(done) { testRoute('/', { email: 'test@example.com' }, pass, done); }); it('should return a mapped error object with each failing param as a property data is invalid', function(done) { testRoute('/path', { email: 'incorrect' }, fail, done); }); });