How does one unit test routes with Express?

Question

I\'m in the process of learning Node.js and have been playing around with Express. Really like the framework;however, I\'m having trouble figuring out how to write a unit/i

Answer 1

The easiest way to test HTTP with express is to steal TJ's http helper

I personally use his helper

it("should do something", function (done) {
    request(app())
    .get('/session/new')
    .expect('GET', done)
})

If you want to specifically test your routes object, then pass in correct mocks

describe("Default Route", function(){
    it("should provide the a title and the index view name", function(done){
        routes.index({}, {
            render: function (viewName) {
                viewName.should.equal("index")
                done()
            }
        })
    })
})