chai-http vs nest-api-example

chai-http

HTTP Response assertions for the Chai Assertion Library. (by chaijs)

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Example of an Restful API with Nest.js and TypeORM (by leosuncin)

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chai-http		nest-api-example
	Project
2	Mentions	4
632	Stars	75
-0.2%	Growth	-
3.8	Activity	9.7
11 days ago	Latest Commit	3 days ago
JavaScript	Language	TypeScript
-	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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chai-http

Posts with mentions or reviews of chai-http. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-07.

Express API Testing
14 projects | /r/node | 7 Mar 2023

chai-http adds the capability to make HTTP requests to Chai while keep using the assertion functions from Chai
Answer: Post request via Chai
1 project | dev.to | 15 Sep 2020

The way you have written, I assume that you used chai-http package. The .field() function does not work in chai-http. Another user pointed it out here and opened an issue on github.

nest-api-example

Posts with mentions or reviews of nest-api-example. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-07.

Express API Testing
14 projects | /r/node | 7 Mar 2023

Integration test with jest and supertest E2E test with jest and Pactum
How to test nestjs modules?
10 projects | /r/Nestjs_framework | 13 Oct 2022

Example: https://github.com/leosuncin/nest-api-example/blob/88cf73a2189c8556c703a2f8b4ff21970d7ffab4/src/blog/services/comment.service.spec.ts
Leveraging repository inside of service.ts ?
1 project | /r/Nestjs_framework | 17 Aug 2022

Feel free to check my code https://github.com/leosuncin/nest-api-example
Test interceptor
4 projects | /r/Nestjs_framework | 8 Jul 2022

Example https://github.com/leosuncin/nest-api-example/blob/master/src/auth/interceptors/token.interceptor.spec.ts

What are some alternatives?

When comparing chai-http and nest-api-example you can also consider the following projects:

pactum - REST API Testing Tool for all levels in a Test Pyramid

mongodb-memory-server - Spinning up mongod in memory for fast tests. If you run tests in parallel this lib helps to spin up dedicated mongodb servers for every test file in MacOS, *nix, Windows or CI environments (in most cases with zero-config).

nodejs-integration-tests-best-practices - ✅ Beyond the basics of Node.js testing. Including a super-comprehensive best practices list and an example app (March 2024)

express-typescript-skeleton - 🔰🦸 Template to start developing a REST API with Node.js (Express), TypeScript, Ts.ED, ESLint, Prettier, Husky, Prisma, etc.

mocha - ☕️ simple, flexible, fun javascript test framework for node.js & the browser

jest-mongodb - Jest preset for MongoDB in-memory server

jest-create-mock-instance - Create mock instances with Jest

commithelper - A tool to create and lint commit messages

Sinon.JS - Test spies, stubs and mocks for JavaScript.

testcontainers-node - Testcontainers is a NodeJS library that supports tests, providing lightweight, throwaway instances of common databases, Selenium web browsers, or anything else that can run in a Docker container.

interactive-message - interactive message tool

nest-typeorm-custom-repository - TypeORM with a Custom Repository