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Test Rest API's using Mocha Chai and Chai-http (supertest)
This demo project is to showcase how one can use Mocha Chai and Chai-http to test Rest Api's. It also has chai-json-schema to validate json schema's this includes Swagger and open-api3 specifications.
Prerequisite
Nodejs 10 or later.
Getting Started
- Clone or Download the repo
git clone https://github.com/rupeshmore/mocha-chai-rest-api-tests
Download mocha-chai-rest-api-tests
Install dependencies
Once the project is cloned or downloaded, go to the project folder and run
npm install
To run sample tests
npm test
Adding new tests
Start writing the test inside the test folder and change the configuration in config.js as per your project needs.
Environment variable
Define environment variable env to test against your desired test environment. The default environment is dev.
Validate Swagger / OpenAPI3 specifications in the test files.
To validate the API's response against schema validations, use the json-schema library.
The test files demonstrate how to use them.
Mocha configuration
To change mocha configuration, edit the .mocharc.js file.