node.js HTTP test snippet

login_test.js

// npm install request
// npm install mocha

var assert = require('assert');
var request = require('request');

describe('Login', function () {
    it("can logout", function (done) {
        request.post({
            url: 'http://127.0.0.1:3000/login',
            followRedirect: false,
            jar: true,
            form: {email: 'test_user@example.com', password: 'correct_password'}
        }, function (err,resp,body) {
            request.get({
                url: 'http://127.0.0.1:3000/logout',
                followRedirect: false,
                jar: true
            }, function (err, resp, body) {
                assert.equal(resp.statusCode, 302);
                assert.equal(resp.headers.location, '/login');
                done();
            }
        );
    });
});

redis_init.js

// npm install redis
// In test code

if (!global.redis) {
    global.redis = redis.createClient();
    global.redis.select(15);
}

describe('some test', function () {
    before(funciton () {
        global.redis.flushdb();
    });
});

// In app.js of express
global.redis = redis.createClient();
if ('testing' == app.get('env')) {
    global.redis.select(15);
}

/* Run test script
#!/usr/bin/env sh
npm install
NODE_ENV=testing node app.js &
npm test
pkill node
*/

test.js

// npm install request
// npm install mocha

var assert = require('assert');
var request = require('request');

it("At first, it should redirect to /login", function (done) {
    request({url: 'http://127.0.0.1:3000/', followRedirect: false}, function (err,resp,body) {
        assert.equal(resp.statusCode, 302);
        assert.equal(resp.headers.location, '/login');
        done();
    });
});