test_builder.js

const fs = require('fs');
const _ = require('underscore');

const config = require('./config');
const resources = config.resources;


var raw_template = fs.readFileSync('./test_template.js');
var template = _.template(raw_template);

for(var i = 0; i < resources.length; i++) {
  var resource = resources[i];
  var mocks = require('./mocks/'+resource);

  fs.writeFileSync(template(resource + "_test.js", {resource: resource, mocks: mocks}));
}

test_template.js

const superagent = require('superagent');
const expect = require('expect.js');

const config = require('./config');

describe('piep-api server', function(){
  var resource = <%= resource %>;
  var mock_resource = <%= mocks.mock_resource %>;
  var mock_update = <%= mocks.mock_update %>;

  var collection_url = config.host + config.port + config.namespace + '/' + resource;
  var id;
  var element_url;

  describe('with created instance of ' + resource, function(){
    beforeEach(function(done){
      resetDB().then(function() {
        superagent.post(collection_url)
          .send(mock_resource)
          .end(function(e, res){
            expect(e).to.equal(null);
            id = res.body.id;
            element_url = collection_url + '/' + id;
            done();
          });
      }, done);
    });

//etc