var chai = require('chai'); var expect = chai.expect; var request = require('supertest'); var app; function validation(req, res) { req.sanitize(['user', 'fields', 'email']).trim(); res.send( req.body ); } function pass(body) { expect(body).to.have.deep.property('user.fields.email', 'test@example.com'); } function postRoute(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('#nestedInputSanitizers', function() { describe('POST tests', function() { it('should return property and sanitized value', function(done) { postRoute('/', { user: { fields: { email: ' test@example.com ' } } }, pass, done); }); }); });