Figuring out tests with Tobi and Vows.

broken-test.js

/**
 * When I try to test with my app ... I get the error below.
 */
process.env['NODE_ENV'] = 'test';

var vows = require('vows'),
    tobi = require('tobi'),
    should = require('should'),
    app = require('../app'),
    conf = require('../conf');

/**
 * Macros
 */
var getBrowser = function() {
  return tobi.createBrowser(app);
}

/**
 * Tests
 */
vows.describe('Post API').addBatch({
  'An unauthenticated visit to the front page': {
    topic: function() {
      var browser = getBrowser();
      browser.get('/', this.callback);
    },    
    'should have a status of 200': function(res, $){
      res.should.have.status(200);
    },
  }
  
}).export(module);

error.txt

/var/www/node/wuzzup/node_modules/tobi/node_modules/jsdom/lib/jsdom/level1/core.js:1275
      throw new core.DOMException(HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR);
            ^
Error: Hierarchy request error
    at Object.appendChild (/var/www/node/wuzzup/node_modules/tobi/node_modules/jsdom/lib/jsdom/level1/core.js:1275:13)
    at setChild (/var/www/node/wuzzup/node_modules/tobi/node_modules/jsdom/lib/jsdom/browser/htmltodom.js:167:17)
    at HtmlToDom.appendHtmlToElement (/var/www/node/wuzzup/node_modules/tobi/node_modules/jsdom/lib/jsdom/browser/htmltodom.js:77:9)
    at Object.innerHTML (/var/www/node/wuzzup/node_modules/tobi/node_modules/jsdom/lib/jsdom/browser/index.js:398:27)
    at Object.write (/var/www/node/wuzzup/node_modules/tobi/node_modules/jsdom/lib/jsdom/level2/html.js:384:22)
    at Object.jsdom (/var/www/node/wuzzup/node_modules/tobi/node_modules/jsdom/lib/jsdom.js:53:9)
    at Browser.parse (/var/www/node/wuzzup/node_modules/tobi/lib/browser.js:93:23)
    at IncomingMessage.<anonymous> (/var/www/node/wuzzup/node_modules/tobi/lib/browser.js:280:14)
    at IncomingMessage.emit (events.js:81:20)
    at HTTPParser.onMessageComplete (http.js:133:23)

working-test.js

/**
 * Changing the tobi.createBrowser call to google makes the test work.
 */
process.env['NODE_ENV'] = 'test';

var vows = require('vows'),
    tobi = require('tobi'),
    should = require('should'),
    app = require('../app'),
    conf = require('../conf');

/**
 * Macros
 */
var getBrowser = function() {
  return tobi.createBrowser(80, 'www.google.com');
}

/**
 * Tests
 */
vows.describe('Post API').addBatch({
  'An unauthenticated visit to the front page': {
    topic: function() {
      var browser = getBrowser();
      browser.get('/', this.callback);
    },    
    'should have a status of 200': function(res, $){
      res.should.have.status(200);
    },
  }
  
}).export(module);

Does this working-test still work for you?