Running Assertions

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Running Assertions

Frisby has many ways of running assertions against the HTTP response. Below are the following methods available by default:
expect(handler, [...args])
Frisby comes with many handy built-in expect handlers to help you test the HTTP response of your API.
status - Check HTTP status
header - Check HTTP header key + value
json - Match json structure + values
jsonStrict - Match EXACT json structure + values (extra keys not tested for cause test failures)
jsonTypes - Match json structure + value types
jsonTypesStrict - Match EXACT json structure + value types (extra keys not tested for cause test failures)
bodyContains - Match partial body content (string or regex)
expect('status', statusCode)
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it('should be a teapot', function () {
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  return frisby.get('https://httpbin.org/status/418')
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    .expect('status', 418);
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});
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expect('header', key [, value])
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it('should have a JSON Content-Type header', function () {
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  return frisby.get('https://httpbin.org/headers')
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    .expect('header', 'Content-Type', 'application/json');
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});
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expect('json' [, path], data)
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it('should have a "Host" header with a value of "httpbin.org"', function () {
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  return frisby.get('https://httpbin.org/headers')
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    .expect('json', 'headers', {
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      Host: 'httpbin.org'
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    });
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});
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A more complex example:
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it ('should return a list of feed items', function () {
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  return frisby
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    .get('https://jsonfeed.org/feed.json')
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    .expect('status', 200)
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    .expect('json', 'version', 'https://jsonfeed.org/version/1')
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    .expect('json', 'title', 'JSON Feed')
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    .expect('jsonTypes', 'items.*', { // Assert *each* object in 'items' array
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      'id': Joi.string().required(),
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      'url': Joi.string().uri().required(),
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      'title': Joi.string().required(),
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      'date_published': Joi.date().iso().required(),
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    });
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});
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expect('jsonTypes' [, path], data)
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it('should return all headers as strings', function () {
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  return frisby.get('https://httpbin.org/headers')
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    // Using a wildcard in the path '*' check EACH value
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    .expect('jsonTypes', 'headers.*', frisby.Joi.string());
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});
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expectNot(handler, [...args])
Runs an inverse assertion that passes when there is an error thrown. Uses all the same types and arguments as expect().
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it('should not return an error', function () {
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  return frisby.get('https://httpbin.org/headers')
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    // Should not return an error
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    .expectNot('json', { result: 'error' });
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});
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expect(handler, [...args])

expect('status', statusCode)

expect('header', key [, value])

expect('json' [, path], data)

expect('jsonTypes' [, path], data)

expectNot(handler, [...args])