mocha-mongodb

MongoDB helper for Mocha. Useful for seeding data for API tests.

Installation

npm install mocha-mongodb --save-dev

Example Usage

var db = require('mocha-mongodb');
 
describe('some test', function () {
  db.connect('mongodb://localhost/test');
  db.dropDb();
  db.create('users', {
    name: 'Name Goes Here'
  });
  it('works', function () {
    // do stuff here
  });
});

Methods

connect(mongoUrl, [options={}])

Description Connect to the specified database. Runs in a "before" block. Assigns the database connection instance to this.db. Can take an optional options object (see below).

Example

db.connect(process.env.MONGO_URL, { lib: 'mongojs' })
before(function () {
  this.db.users.find({}, function (err, users) {
    // do stuff here
  });
});

Options

• lib - Which library to use for MongoDB, either mongojs or mongodb (default mongodb)

### create(collection, query)

Alias add, create

Description Create a new object in a collection. Runs in a "beforeEach" block.

Example

db.create('user', { firstName: 'John', lastName: 'Smith' });
// db.add('user', { firstName: 'John', lastName: 'Smith' });

### remove(collection, query)

Alias delete, remove

Description Remove objects from a collection. Runs in a "beforeEach" block.

Example

db.remove('user', { firstName: 'John' });
// db.delete('user', { firstName: 'John' });

## dropDb()

Description Drops the current database. Runs in a "beforeEach" block.

Example

db.dropDb();