testrest

testREST is a testing helper that is designed to make the process of testing your REST application easier to write and easier to read. A simple YAML definition file format is used to describe tests.

Example Usage

First a .yaml file is defined for the test that you want to run. Displayed below is an example from the testrest tests:

- it: should be able to send headers to a server
  get: /echo-headers
  
  headers:
    foo: bar
    
  expect:
    status: 200
    body:
      foo: bar
 
- it: should be able to send cookies to a server
  get: /echo-cookies
  
  cookies:
    foo: bar
    
  expect:
    status: 200
    body:
      foo: bar

Now the above tests a designed to test a simple server that echos header values and cookie values back in a JSON response, and when run in conjuction with the following mocha test file, will execute successfully:

var testrest = require('testrest');
 
describe('header tests', testrest('headers', {
  server: require('./server/headers')
}));

License(s)

MIT

Copyright (c) 2014 Damon Oehlman damon.oehlman@gmail.com

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