I'm trying to test the routes in my express app that are protected by a jwt middleware. I've tried simulating a request to get the jwt token in a beforeAll call:
let token = "";
beforeAll((done) => {
supertest(app)
.get("/authentication/test")
.end((err, response) => {
console.log(response.body); // "fewiu3438y..." (successfully got token)
token = response.body.token; // Tried to update token variable with jwt token
done();
});
});
console.log(token); // "" (I haven't updated the token variable)
So when I try to run subsequent tests, I don't have a valid authentication token to use in the headers:
describe("Simple post test using auth", () => {
test.only("should respond with a 200 status code", async () => {
console.log({ POSTTest:token }); // "" still not set, so test will fail.
const response = await supertest(app).post("/tests/simple").send();
expect(response.statusCode).toBe(200);
});
});
Is there a way to update a variable, or else set all headers using a beforeAll? Or is there a better method I'm not aware of?
Try to use an async function as a beforeAll callback:
let token = '';
beforeAll(async () => {
const response = await supertest(app).get('/authentication/test');
token = response.body.token;
});
Then, use the set method to pass the token in the test:
describe('Simple post test using auth', () => {
test.only('should respond with a 200 status code', async () => {
const response = await supertest(app)
.post('/tests/simple')
.set('Authorization', `Bearer ${token}`);
expect(response.statusCode).toBe(200);
});
});
I am doing like this
import * as request from 'supertest';
describe('Simple post test using auth', () => {
test.only('should respond with a 200 status code', async () => {
const res = await request(app.getHttpServer())
.post('/tests/simple')
.send(payload)
.set('Authorization', `Bearer ${token}`);
expect(res.statusCode).toBe(200);
});
});
Also I have a suggestion that you mock your authentication request. Here is similar question for that if you are using jest Mock Authentication Request -Jest