var chai = require('chai'); var expect = chai.expect; var request = require('supertest'); var app; function validation(req, res) { req.assert(['user', 'fields', 'email'], 'not empty').notEmpty(); req.assert('user.fields.email', 'not empty').notEmpty(); req.assert(['user', 'fields', 'email'], 'valid email required').isEmail(); req.assert(['admins', '0', 'name'], 'must only contain letters').isAlpha(); var errors = req.validationErrors(); if (errors) { return res.send(errors); } res.send(req.body); } function fail(body) { expect(body[0]).to.have.property('msg', 'not empty'); expect(body[1]).to.have.property('msg', 'not empty'); expect(body[2]).to.have.property('msg', 'valid email required'); // Should convert ['user', 'fields', 'email'] to 'user.fields.email' // when formatting the error output expect(body[0]).to.have.property('param').and.to.be.a('string'); expect(body[1]).to.have.property('param').and.to.be.a('string'); expect(body[2]).to.have.property('param').and.to.be.a('string'); } function pass(body) { expect(body).to.have.deep.property('user.fields.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('nested input as array or dot notation', function() { it('should return a success when the correct data is passed on the body', function(done) { testRoute('/', { user: { fields: { email: 'test@example.com' } }, admins: [{ name: 'Bobby' }] }, pass, done); }); it('should return an error object with each failing param as a property data is invalid', function(done) { testRoute('/', { user: { fields: { email: '' } }, admins: [{ name: 0 }] }, fail, done); }); });