How to authenticate Supertest requests with Passport?

Question

I\'m using Passport.js for authentication (local strategy) and testing with Mocha and Supertest.

How can I create a session and make authenticated requests with Supe

Answer 1

As an addendum to Andy's answer, in order to have Supertest startup your server for you, you can do it like this:

var request = require('supertest');

/**
 * `../server` should point to your main server bootstrap file,
 * which has your express app exported. For example:
 * 
 * var app = express();
 * module.exports = app;
 */
var server = require('../server');

// Using request.agent() is the key
var agent = request.agent(server);

describe('Sessions', function() {

  it('Should create a session', function(done) {
    agent.post('/api/session')
    .send({ username: 'user', password: 'pass' })
    .end(function(err, res) {
      expect(req.status).to.equal(201);
      done();
    });
  });

  it('Should return the current session', function(done) {
    agent.get('/api/session').end(function(err, res) {
      expect(req.status).to.equal(200);
      done();
    });
  });
});