I am currently developing an express app that renders views with filtered data.
Here is my current route:
router.get('/user/name/:name', (req, res) => {
return serverUtil.getUserByName(req.params.name).then(success =>{
res.render('partials/users/user', {user: success});
}).catch(err =>{
res.render('partials/users/user', {error: err});
});
});
While I am able to send a response using res.render, I am unsure of how to test it.
This is how my Mocha test looks like:
it('Should post to user/name/:name', function(done){
chai.request('http://localhost:5050')
.get('/user/name/Britney')
.end((err, res) => {
console.log("res ", res.body); // empty
exp(res).to.be.a('object');
done();
});
});
However, when I change the route to:
router.get('/user/name/:name', (req, res) => {
return serverUtil.getUserByName(req.params.name).then(success =>{
res.send({user: success}); //Change this
}).catch(err =>{
res.render('partials/users/user', {error: err});
});
});
The test passes as expected, but the application does not function properly.
Can anyone guide me on how to test the route with res.render and validate the passed data?