exampleControllerTest.js

var chai = require("chai");
var chaiHttp = require("chai-http");
var server = require("../server");
var db = require("../models");
// Configure chai
chai.use(chaiHttp);
chai.should();

describe("Basic Example API Test", function() {
  describe("GET ALL Examples", () => {
    // Test to get all students record
    before(async () => {
      await db.sequelize.sync({ force: true });
      await db.Example.destroy({
        where: {},
        truncate: true
      });
      await db.Example.create({
        text: "some text for my example",
        description: "example description"
      });
    });
    it("should get all examples", function(done) {
      chai
        .request(server.app)
        .get("/api/examples")
        .end((err, res) => {
          res.should.have.status(200);
          console.log("got res body: " + JSON.stringify(res.body));
          res.body.should.have.length(1);
          chai.assert(
            res.body[0].text === "some text for my example",
            "got the wrong text"
          );
          chai.assert(
            res.body[0].description === "example description",
            "got the wrong description"
          );
          done();
        });
    });
  });

  describe("POST Example", () => {
    // Test to get all students record
    before(async () => {
      await db.sequelize.sync({ force: true });
      await db.Example.destroy({
        where: {},
        truncate: true
      });
      await chai
        .request(server.app)
        .post("/api/examples")
        .send({ text: "posted text", description: "posted description" });
    });
    it("should get the posted example", function(done) {
      chai
        .request(server.app)
        .get("/api/examples")
        .end((err, res) => {
          res.should.have.status(200);
          res.body.should.have.length(1);
          chai.assert(res.body[0].text === "posted text", "got the wrong text");
          chai.assert(
            res.body[0].description === "posted description",
            "got the wrong description"
          );
          done();
        });
    });
  });
});