HTTP integration testing with Chai assertions.

• integration test request composition
• test http apps or external services
• assertions for common http tasks
• chai expect and should interfaces

This is a addon plugin for the Chai Assertion Library. Install via npm.

npm install chai-http

Use this plugin as you would all other Chai plugins.

var chai = require('chai')
  , chaiHttp = require('chai-http');

chai.use(chaiHttp);

To use Chai HTTP on a web page, just include the dist/chai-http.js file:

<script src="chai.js"></script>
<script src="chai-http.js"></script>
<script>
  chai.use(chaiHttp);
</script>

Chai HTTP provides an interface for live integration testing via superagent. To do this, you must first construct a request to an application or url.

Upon construction you are provided a chainable api that allow to you specify the http VERB request (get, post, etc) that you wish to invoke.

You may use a function (such as an express or connect app) or a node.js http(s) server as the foundation for your request. If the server is not running, chai-http will find a suitable port to listen on for a given test.

Note: This feature is only supported on Node.js, not in web browsers.

chai.request(app)
  .get('/')

You may also use a base url as the foundation of your request.

chai.request('http://localhost:8080')
  .get('/')

Once a request is created with a given VERB, it can have headers, form data, json, or even file attachments added to it, all with a simple API:

// Send some JSON
chai.request(app)
  .put('/user/me')
  .set('X-API-Key', 'foobar')
  .send({ passsword: '123', confirmPassword: '123' })

// Send some Form Data
chai.request(app)
  .post('/user/me')
  .field('_method', 'put')
  .field('password', '123')
  .field('confirmPassword', '123')

// Attach a file
chai.request(app)
  .post('/user/avatar')
  .attach('imageField', fs.readFileSync('avatar.png'), 'avatar.png')

// Authenticate with Basic authentication
chai.request(app)
  .get('/protected')
  .auth('user', 'pass')

// Chain some GET query parameters
chai.request(app)
  .get('/search')
  .query({name: 'foo', limit: 10}) // /search?name=foo&limit=10

To make the request and assert on its response, the end method can be used:

chai.request(app)
  .put('/user/me')
  .send({ passsword: '123', confirmPassword: '123' })
  .end(function (err, res) {
     expect(err).to.be.null;
     expect(res).to.have.status(200);
  });

If Promise is available, request() becomes a Promise capable library - and chaining of thens becomes possible:

chai.request(app)
  .put('/user/me')
  .send({ passsword: '123', confirmPassword: '123' })
  .then(function (res) {
     expect(res).to.have.status(200);
  })
  .catch(function (err) {
     throw err;
  })

Note: Node.js version 0.10.x and some older web browsers do not have native promise support. You can use any promise library, such as es6-promise or kriskowal/q and call the addPromise method to use that library with Chai HTTP. For example:

var chai = require('chai');
chai.use(require('chai-http'));

// Add promise support if this does not exist natively.
if (!global.Promise) {
  var q = require('q');
  chai.request.addPromises(q.Promise);
}

Sometimes you need to keep cookies from one request, and send them with the next. For this, .request.agent() is available:

// Log in
var agent = chai.request.agent(app)
agent
  .post('/session')
  .send({ username: 'me', password: '123' })
  .then(function (res) {
    expect(res).to.have.cookie('sessionid');
    // The `agent` now has the sessionid cookie saved, and will send it
    // back to the server in the next request:
    return agent.get('/user/me')
      .then(function (res) {
         expect(res).to.have.status(200);
      })
  })

• @param {Function} resolveCB
• @cb {Response}
• @param {Function} rejectCB
• @cb {Error}

Invoke the request to to the server. The response will be passed as a parameter to the resolveCb, while any errors will be passed to rejectCb.

chai.request(app)
  .get('/')
  .then(function (res) {
    expect(res).to.have.status(200);
  }, function (err) {
     throw err;
  });

• @param {Function} rejectCB
• @cb {Error}

Invoke the request to to the server, catching any errors with this callback. Behaves the same as Promises.

chai.request(app)
  .get('/')
  .catch(function (err) {
    throw err;
  });

The Chai HTTP module provides a number of assertions for the expect and should interfaces.

• @param {Number} status number

Assert that a response has a supplied status.

expect(res).to.have.status(200);

• @param {String} header key (case insensitive)
• @param {String|RegExp} header value (optional)

Assert that a Response or Request object has a header. If a value is provided, equality to value will be asserted. You may also pass a regular expression to check.

Note: When running in a web browser, the same-origin policy only allows Chai HTTP to read certain headers, which can cause assertions to fail.

expect(req).to.have.header('x-api-key');
expect(req).to.have.header('content-type', 'text/plain');
expect(req).to.have.header('content-type', /^text/);

Assert that a Response or Request object has headers.

Note: When running in a web browser, the same-origin policy only allows Chai HTTP to read certain headers, which can cause assertions to fail.

expect(req).to.have.headers;

Assert that a string represents valid ip address.

expect('127.0.0.1').to.be.an.ip;
expect('2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334').to.be.an.ip;

Assert that a Response or Request object has a given content-type.

expect(req).to.be.json;
expect(req).to.be.html;
expect(req).to.be.text;

Assert that a Response object has a redirect status code.

expect(res).to.redirect;

• @param {String} location url

Assert that a Response object redirects to the supplied location.

expect(res).to.redirectTo('http://example.com');

• @param {String} parameter name
• @param {String} parameter value

Assert that a Request object has a query string parameter with a given key, (optionally) equal to value

expect(req).to.have.param('orderby');
expect(req).to.have.param('orderby', 'date');
expect(req).to.not.have.param('limit');

• @param {String} parameter name
• @param {String} parameter value

Assert that a Request or Response object has a cookie header with a given key, (optionally) equal to value

expect(req).to.have.cookie('session_id');
expect(req).to.have.cookie('session_id', '1234');
expect(req).to.not.have.cookie('PHPSESSID');
expect(res).to.have.cookie('session_id');
expect(res).to.have.cookie('session_id', '1234');
expect(res).to.not.have.cookie('PHPSESSID');

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