Got first test working with controlled start

test/auth.spec.js

@@ -1,19 +1,30 @@
 const app = require('../bin/server')
-const supertest = require('supertest')
-//const { expect, should } = require('chai')
-const expect = require('chai').expect;
-const should = require('chai').should;
-//const { cleanDb, authUser } = require('./utils')
-const cleanDb = require('./utils').cleanDb
-const authUser = require('./utils').authUser
+// const supertest = require('supertest')
+// const expect = require('chai').expect
+const should = require('chai').should
+// const cleanDb = require('./utils').cleanDb
+// const authUser = require('./utils').authUser
+const utils = require('./utils')
+
+const rp = require('request-promise')
+const assert = require('chai').assert
 
 should()
-const request = supertest.agent(app.listen())
+// const request = supertest.agent(app.listen())
 const context = {}
 
+const LOCALHOST = 'http://localhost:5000'
+
+
+
 describe('Auth', () => {
-  before((done) => {
-    cleanDb()
+  before(async () => {
+
+    await app.startServer()
+
+    utils.cleanDb()
+
+    /*
     authUser(request, (err, { user, token }) => {
       if (err) { return done(err) }
 
@@ -21,34 +32,75 @@ describe('Auth', () => {
       context.token = token
       done()
     })
+    */
+
+    const userObj = {
+      username: 'test',
+      password: 'pass'
+    }
+    const testUser = await utils.createUser(userObj)
+
+    context.user = testUser.user
+    context.token = testUser.token
   })
 
   describe('POST /auth', () => {
-    it('should throw 401 if credentials are incorrect', (done) => {
-      request
-        .post('/auth')
-        .set('Accept', 'application/json')
-        .send({ username: 'supercoolname', password: 'wrongpassword' })
-        .expect(401, done)
+    it('should throw 401 if credentials are incorrect', async () => {
+      try {
+        const options = {
+          method: 'POST',
+          uri: `${LOCALHOST}/auth`,
+          resolveWithFullResponse: true,
+          json: true,
+          body: {
+            username: 'test',
+            password: 'wrongpassword'
+          }
+        }
+
+        let result = await rp(options)
+
+          // console.log(`result: ${JSON.stringify(result, null, 2)}`)
+
+        console.log(`result stringified: ${JSON.stringify(result, null, 2)}`)
+        assert(false, 'Unexpected result')
+      } catch (err) {
+        if (err.statusCode === 422) {
+          assert(err.statusCode === 422, 'Error code 422 expected.')
+        } else if (err.statusCode === 401) {
+          assert(err.statusCode === 401, 'Error code 401 expected.')
+        } else {
+          console.error('Error: ', err)
+          console.log('Error stringified: ' + JSON.stringify(err, null, 2))
+          throw err
+        }
+      }
     })
 
-    it('should auth user', (done) => {
-      request
-        .post('/auth')
-        .set('Accept', 'application/json')
-        .send({ username: 'test', password: 'pass' })
-        .expect(200, (err, res) => {
-          if (err) { return done(err) }
+    it('should auth user', async () => {
+      try {
+        const options = {
+          method: 'POST',
+          uri: `${LOCALHOST}/auth`,
+          resolveWithFullResponse: true,
+          json: true,
+          body: {
+            username: 'test',
+            password: 'pass'
+          }
+        }
 
-          res.body.user.should.have.property('username')
-          res.body.user.username.should.equal('test')
-          expect(res.body.user.password).to.not.exist
+        let result = await rp(options)
 
-          context.user = res.body.user
-          context.token = res.body.token
+        // console.log(`result: ${JSON.stringify(result, null, 2)}`)
 
-          done()
-        })
+        assert(result.statusCode === 200, 'Status Code 200 expected.')
+        assert(result.body.user.username === 'test', 'Username of test expected')
+        assert(result.body.user.password === undefined, 'Password expected to be omited')
+      } catch (err) {
+        console.log('Error authenticating test user: ' + JSON.stringify(err, null, 2))
+        throw err
+      }
     })
   })
 })

test/utils.js

@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 const mongoose = require('mongoose')
+const rp = require('request-promise')
+
+const LOCALHOST = 'http://localhost:5000'
 
 function cleanDb () {
   for (const collection in mongoose.connection.collections) {
@@ -23,7 +26,42 @@ function authUser (agent, callback) {
     })
 }
 
+// This function is used to create new users.
+// userObj = {
+//   username,
+//   password
+// }
+async function createUser (userObj) {
+  try {
+    const options = {
+      method: 'POST',
+      uri: `${LOCALHOST}/users`,
+      resolveWithFullResponse: true,
+      json: true,
+      body: {
+        user: {
+          username: userObj.username,
+          password: userObj.password
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    let result = await rp(options)
+
+    const retObj = {
+      user: result.body.user,
+      token: result.body.token
+    }
+
+    return retObj
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.log('Error in utils.js/createUser(): ' + JSON.stringify(err, null, 2))
+    throw err
+  }
+}
+
 module.exports = {
   cleanDb,
-  authUser
+  authUser,
+  createUser
 }