FHTesting

gistfile1.js

/*
  Every FeedHenry project should have an associated set of cloud unit tests.
  Typically one unit test is created for every public endpoint exported in cloud/main.js,
   i.e. every potential $fh.act call.
 */
exports.getList = function(params, callback){
  var list = [
    {
      firstName: 'Henry',
      lastName: 'Shefflin'
    },
    {
      firstName: 'Henry',
      lastName: 'Kissinger'
    }
  ];

  return callback(null, { records: list });
};

/*
  Here's what the matching unit test for this would look like
  - we'd put this in tests/getList.js. This unit test
  uses the 'assert' module, and no testing framework.
  Feel free to use the "Mocha" framework, although plain
  javascript tests like the following are preferd
 *
 */
var main = require('../main'),
assert = require('assert');

main.getList({}, function(err, res){
  assert.ok(!err); // make sure no error condition exists
  assert.ok(res); // make sure we got some result
  var records = res.records;
  assert.ok(records); // make sure the records param is set
  assert.ok(records.length>0); // make sure we actually got some data back
  var aRecord = records[0];
  assert.ok(aRecord.firstName); // make sure we have a first and last name
  assert.ok(aRecord.lastName);
  console.log('getList OK!');
});

/*
 We can build a suite of tests in
 test/tests.js
 */
 var getList = require('./getList'); // this should run the getList test
 /*
  Lastly, we tell cloud/package.json where to find
  our test - note the "scripts" section we've added in
  */
{
  "name": "fh-app",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "dependencies" : {
    "request" : "*"
  },
  "scripts" : {
    "test" : "node test/tests.js"
  }
}