supertest
π· Super-agent driven library for testing node.js HTTP servers using a fluent API. Maintained for @forwardemail, @ladjs, @spamscanner, @breejs, @cabinjs, and @lassjs. (by ladjs)
Cypress
Fast, easy and reliable testing for anything that runs in a browser. (by cypress-io)
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| supertest | Cypress | |
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| 20 | 174 | |
| 13,533 | 46,129 | |
| 0.5% | 0.5% | |
| 4.4 | 9.8 | |
| about 2 months ago | about 12 hours ago | |
| JavaScript | JavaScript | |
| MIT License | MIT License |
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Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
supertest
Posts with mentions or reviews of supertest.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-07.
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Express API Testing
Supertest is quite popular and easy to use test tool, you can do integration and E2E test as well, you just need to pass it the server instance or a string to make a request and assert over the response.
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How can I test an Express application through a terminal?
If the latter, there are a bunch of different options for writing automated tests. One popular way is using Jest to run your tests. If you're trying to test the backend end-to-end flow, you could use Supertest to make requests and assert on the responses.
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Ever hear of anyone doing headless functional testing with Jest?
I did something similar with a full stack Typescript project, using supertest and node-fetch. It was nice.
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π NodeJS + Ts.ED + TypeScript + Clean Architecture Template
Unit, Integration and E2E tests using Jest and Supertest
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Jest testing custom middleware
This is why integration tests > unit tests. I really hate mocking and I never bother testing individual units that don't affect how users use my app and code. In your case, I'd just use something like supertest to test this functionality e2e.
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Hi im having trouble building my api tests
Yes, but when every function handler is separate from the router, then you can use node-mocks-http to test each handler, to test the router is simpler to use supertest to write integration tests, for E2E tests I personally recommend [pactum](pactumjs.github.io/)
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Booking Typescript API with Express, typeORM and Postgres
Simple booking api attempt with Typescript, Express, TypeORM and Postgres. Testing with Jest & Supertest.
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Patterns and Anti-patterns in Node.js
In a Node.js application, writing API tests is a good start. They provide more coverage than unit testing. You can use frameworks like Supertest, Jest, or any other library that provides a high-level abstraction for testing APIs.
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Testing Node.js/Express app + MongoDB with jest and supertest
supertest npm package that helps test HTTP
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How to test APIs??
If you want to write integration tests - https://jestjs.io - https://github.com/visionmedia/supertest
Cypress
Posts with mentions or reviews of Cypress.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-25.
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Simulating Internet Outage and Recovery using Cypress
In this blog post, we'll explore a Cypress test that replicates this scenario, utilizing the powerful intercept command to manipulate network requests and responses.
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Testing Defer Blocks in Angular with Cypress
Recently I came across this issue while triaging some issues at Cypress. (Shout out to MattiaMalandrone for creating an issue with clear instructions for how to reproduce). After quickly replicating the issue I sought after a solution which ultimately inspired me to write this article.
- Cypress changed older versions to block third-party plugins (ignoring lockfiles)
- Cypress can't open Tesla.com website
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What is Playwright?
While similar to Puppeteer, Cypress, and Selenium, there are some differences. Letβs find out what they are.
- Episode 23/37: ISR in Angular, Cypress & Playwright
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/Does Cypress Component Testing Work With Libraries
This questions was asked a while ago and pretty much went unanswered: https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/23677. If it doesn't work with libraries yet I will stop battling with it for now. If it doesn't work, what are you using to test libraries?
- Finally promising Web Testing solution
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Episode 23/27: NgRx 16.1 & Signal Store, Jest, Cypress, Nx
Cypress Release Notes
- Trouble/Weirdness with accessing aliased values in `this` context
What are some alternatives?
When comparing supertest and Cypress you can also consider the following projects:
pactum - REST API Testing Tool for all levels in a Test Pyramid
Playwright - Playwright is a framework for Web Testing and Automation. It allows testing Chromium, Firefox and WebKit with a single API.
superagent - Ajax for Node.js and browsers (JS HTTP client). Maintained for @forwardemail, @ladjs, @spamscanner, @breejs, @cabinjs, and @lassjs.
Detox - Gray box end-to-end testing and automation framework for mobile apps
frisby - Frisby is a REST API testing framework built on Jest that makes testing API endpoints easy, fast, and fun.
jest - Delightful JavaScript Testing.
serverless-offline - Emulate AWS Ξ» and API Gateway locally when developing your Serverless project
kafka-test-helper - Utility library that simplify testing of Node.js components that interacts with Kafka broker.
request - ππΎ Simplified HTTP request client.
Sentry - Developer-first error tracking and performance monitoring
WebdriverIO - Next-gen browser and mobile automation test framework for Node.js