added test helper and rewrote tests

.gitignore

@@ -112,3 +112,4 @@ dist
 **/.idea/tasks.xml
 **/.idea/shelf
 **/.idea/*.iml
+/tmp/

src/helpers/test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+import supertest from 'supertest';
+import should from 'should/as-function';
+import db from "../db";
+
+
+export default class TestHelper {
+  public static auth = {
+    admin: {pass: 'Abc123!#', key: '5ea131671feb9c2ee0aafc9a'},
+    janedoe: {pass: 'Xyz890*)', key: '5ea0450ed851c30a90e70899'}
+  }
+  public static res = {
+    400: {status: 'Bad request'},
+    401: {status: 'Unauthorized'},
+    403: {status: 'Forbidden'},
+    404: {status: 'Not found'},
+  }
+
+  static before (done) {
+    process.env.port = '2999';
+    process.env.NODE_ENV = 'test';
+    db.connect('test', done);
+  }
+
+  static beforeEach (server, done) {
+    delete require.cache[require.resolve('../index')];  // prevent loading from cache
+    server = require('../index');
+    db.drop(err => {  // reset database
+      if (err) return done(err);
+      db.loadJson(require('../test/db.json'), done);
+    });
+    return server
+  }
+
+  static afterEach (server, done) {
+    server.close(done);
+  }
+
+  static request (server, done, options) {  // options in form: {method, url, auth: {key/basic: 'name' or 'key'/{name, pass}}, httpStatus, req, res}
+    let st = supertest(server);
+    if (options.hasOwnProperty('auth') && options.auth.hasOwnProperty('key')) {
+      options.url += '?key=' + (this.auth.hasOwnProperty(options.auth.key)? this.auth[options.auth.key].key : options.auth.key);
+    }
+    switch (options.method) {
+      case 'get':
+        st = st.get(options.url)
+        break;
+      case 'post':
+        st = st.post(options.url)
+        break;
+      case 'put':
+        st = st.put(options.url)
+        break;
+      case 'delete':
+        st = st.delete(options.url)
+        break;
+    }
+    if (options.hasOwnProperty('req')) {
+      st = st.send(options.req);
+    }
+    if (options.hasOwnProperty('auth') && options.auth.hasOwnProperty('basic')) {
+      if (this.auth.hasOwnProperty(options.auth.basic)) {
+        st = st.auth(options.auth.basic, this.auth[options.auth.basic].pass)
+      }
+      else {
+        st = st.auth(options.auth.basic.name, options.auth.basic.pass)
+      }
+    }
+    st = st.expect('Content-type', /json/)
+      .expect(options.httpStatus);
+    if (options.hasOwnProperty('res')) {
+      return st.end((err, res) => {
+        if (err) return done (err);
+        should(res.body).be.eql(options.res);
+        done();
+      });
+    }
+    else if (this.res.hasOwnProperty(options.httpStatus) && options.default !== false) {
+      return st.end((err, res) => {
+        if (err) return done (err);
+        should(res.body).be.eql(this.res[options.httpStatus]);
+        done();
+      });
+    }
+    else {
+      return st;
+    }
+  }
+}

src/routes/root.spec.ts

@@ -1,145 +1,69 @@
-import supertest from 'supertest';
-import should from 'should/as-function';
-import db from '../db';
+import TestHelper from "../helpers/test";
 
 
-describe('GET /', () => {
+describe('/', () => {
   let server;
+  before(done => TestHelper.before(done));
+  beforeEach(done => server = TestHelper.beforeEach(server, done));
+  afterEach(done => TestHelper.afterEach(server, done));
 
-  before(done => {
-    process.env.port = '2999';
-    process.env.NODE_ENV = 'test';
-    db.connect('test', done);
-  });
-  beforeEach(done => {
-    delete require.cache[require.resolve('../index')];  // prevent loading from cache
-    server = require('../index');
-    db.drop(err => {  // reset database
-     if (err) return done(err);
-     db.loadJson(require('../test/db.json'), done);
+  describe('GET /', () => {
+    it('returns the root message', done => {
+      TestHelper.request(server, done, {
+        method: 'get',
+        url: '/',
+        httpStatus: 200,
+        res: {status: 'API server up and running!'}
+      });
     });
   });
-  afterEach(done => {
-    server.close(done);
-  });
-  it('returns the root message', done => {
-    supertest(server)
-      .get('/')
-      .expect('Content-type', /json/)
-      .expect(200)
-      .end((err, res) => {
-        if (err) done (err);
-        should(res.body).be.eql({status: 'API server up and running!'});
-        done();
+
+  describe('Unknown routes', () => {
+    it('return a 404 message', done => {
+      TestHelper.request(server, done, {
+        method: 'get',
+        url: '/unknownroute',
+        httpStatus: 404
       });
-  });
-});
-
-describe('Unknown routes', () => {
-  let server;
-
-  before(done => {
-    db.connect('test', done);
-  });
-  beforeEach(done => {
-    delete require.cache[require.resolve('../index')];  // prevent loading from cache
-    server = require('../index');
-    db.drop(err => {  // reset database
-     if (err) return done(err);
-     db.loadJson(require('../test/db.json'), done);
     });
   });
-  afterEach(done => {
-    server.close(done);
-  });
-  it('return a 404 message', done => {
-    supertest(server)
-      .get('/unknownroute')
-      .expect(404)
-      .end((err, res) => {
-        if (err) done (err);
-        should(res.body).be.eql({status: 'Not found'});
-        done();
+
+  describe('An unauthorized request', () => {
+    it('returns a 401 message', done => {
+      TestHelper.request(server, done, {
+        method: 'get',
+        url: '/authorized',
+        httpStatus: 401
+      });
+    });
+    it('does not work with correct username', done => {
+      TestHelper.request(server, done, {
+        method: 'get',
+        url: '/authorized',
+        auth: {name: 'admin', pass: 'Abc123!!'},
+        httpStatus: 401
       });
-  });
-});
-
-describe('An unauthorized request', () => {
-  let server;
-
-  before(done => {
-    db.connect('test', done);
-  });
-  beforeEach(done => {
-    delete require.cache[require.resolve('../index')];  // prevent loading from cache
-    server = require('../index');
-    db.drop(err => {  // reset database
-     if (err) return done(err);
-     db.loadJson(require('../test/db.json'), done);
     });
   });
-  afterEach(done => {
-    server.close(done);
-  });
-  it('returns a 401 message', done => {
-    supertest(server)
-      .get('/authorized')
-      .expect(401)
-      .end((err, res) => {
-        if (err) done (err);
-        should(res.body).be.eql({status: 'Unauthorized'});
-        done();
-      });
-  });
-  it('does not work with correct username', done => {
-    supertest(server)
-      .get('/authorized')
-      .auth('admin', 'Abc123!!')
-      .expect(401)
-      .end((err, res) => {
-        if (err) done (err);
-        should(res.body).be.eql({status: 'Unauthorized'});
-        done();
-      });
-  });
-});
 
-describe('An authorized request', () => {
-  let server;
-
-  before(done => {
-    db.connect('test', done);
-  });
-  beforeEach(done => {
-    delete require.cache[require.resolve('../index')];  // prevent loading from cache
-    server = require('../index');
-    db.drop(err => {  // reset database
-     if (err) return done(err);
-     db.loadJson(require('../test/db.json'), done);
+  describe('An authorized request', () => {
+    it('works with an API key', done => {
+      TestHelper.request(server, done, {
+        method: 'get',
+        url: '/authorized',
+        auth: {key: 'admin'},
+        httpStatus: 200,
+        res: {status: 'Authorization successful', method: 'key'}
+      });
     });
-  });
-  afterEach(done => {
-    server.close(done);
-  });
-  it('works with an API key', done => {
-    supertest(server)
-      .get('/authorized?key=5ea131671feb9c2ee0aafc9a')
-      .expect(200)
-      .end((err, res) => {
-        if (err) done (err);
-        should(res.body).be.eql({status: 'Authorization successful', method: 'key'});
-        done();
-      });
-  });
-  it('works with basic auth', done => {
-    supertest(server)
-      .get('/authorized')
-      .auth('admin', 'Abc123!#')
-      .expect(200)
-      .end((err, res) => {
-        if (err) done (err);
-        should(res.body).be.eql({status: 'Authorization successful', method: 'basic'});
-        done();
+    it('works with basic auth', done => {
+      TestHelper.request(server, done, {
+        method: 'get',
+        url: '/authorized',
+        auth: {basic: 'admin'},
+        httpStatus: 200,
+        res: {status: 'Authorization successful', method: 'basic'}
       });
+    });
   });
 });