NodeJS HTTPS API testing with mocha and super test -“DEPTH_ZERO_SELF_SIGNED_CERT”

Question

I need to test an API served via HTTPS with mocha and super test (the certificate are not expired)

This is a gist of the server :

...
var app = express();
var _options = {
    key: fs.readFileSync('my-key.pem');,
    cert: fs.readFileSync('my-cert.pem')
};

// Start HTTPS server
https.createServer(_options, app).listen(app.get('port'), app.get('ip'), function () {

 // ok or not logs

});

and this is the route to be tested

app.get('/hello',function (req, res) {
   res.json(200);
});

I'm trying to test with this code in test/test.js

    var supertest = require('supertest'),
        api = supertest('https://localhost:3000');

describe('Hello test', function () {

      it('hello', function (done) {

        api.get('/hello')
               .expect(200)
               .end(function (err, res) {
                                        if (err) {
                                                   done(err);
                                        } else {
                                                   done();
               }
         });
    });
});

but the test FAILs with the following error :

    enter Error: DEPTH_ZERO_SELF_SIGNED_CERT
  at SecurePair.<anonymous> (tls.js:1349:32)
  at SecurePair.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:92:17)
  at SecurePair.maybeInitFinished (tls.js:962:10)
  at CleartextStream.read [as _read] (tls.js:463:15)
  at CleartextStream.Readable.read (_stream_readable.js:320:10)
  at EncryptedStream.write [as _write] (tls.js:366:25)
  at doWrite (_stream_writable.js:219:10)
  at writeOrBuffer (_stream_writable.js:209:5)
  at EncryptedStream.Writable.write (_stream_writable.js:180:11)
  at write (_stream_readable.js:573:24)
  at flow (_stream_readable.js:582:7)
  at Socket.pipeOnReadable (_stream_readable.js:614:5)
  at Socket.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:92:17)
  at emitReadable_ (_stream_readable.js:408:10)
  at emitReadable (_stream_readable.js:404:5)
  at readableAddChunk (_stream_readable.js:165:9)
  at Socket.Readable.push (_stream_readable.js:127:10)
  at TCP.onread (net.js:526:21)

While using plain HTTP the test is PASSING

Answer 1

just for everyone else who is also wondering what to do. Add thison top of your test.js and you will be fine:

process.env.NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED = '0';