freeCodeCamp/curriculum/challenges/english/06-quality-assurance/quality-assurance-and-testing-with-chai/run-functional-tests-on-an-api-response-using-chai-http-iii---put-method.english.md

id, title, challengeType, forumTopicId

id	title	challengeType	forumTopicId
587d824f367417b2b2512c5a	Run Functional Tests on an API Response using Chai-HTTP III - PUT method	2	301590

Description

As a reminder, this project is being built upon the following starter project on Repl.it, or cloned from GitHub. In the next example we'll see how to send data in a request payload (body). We are going to test a PUT request. The '/travellers' endpoint accepts a JSON object taking the structure:

{
  "surname": [last name of a traveller of the past]
}

The route responds with :

{
  "name": [first name], "surname": [last name], "dates": [birth - death years]
}

See the server code for more details.

Instructions

Send

{
  "surname": "Colombo"
}

Replace assert.fail() and make the test pass. Check for 1) status, 2) type, 3) body.name, 4) body.surname. Follow the assertion order above, We rely on it.

Tests

tests:
  - text: All tests should pass.
    testString: getUserInput => $.get(getUserInput('url') + '/_api/get-tests?type=functional&n=2').then(data => { assert.equal(data.state,'passed'); }, xhr => { throw new Error(xhr.responseText); })
  - text: You should test for 'res.status' to be 200.
    testString: getUserInput => $.get(getUserInput('url') + '/_api/get-tests?type=functional&n=2').then(data => { assert.equal(data.assertions[0].method, 'equal'); assert.equal(data.assertions[0].args[0], 'res.status'); assert.equal(data.assertions[0].args[1], '200');}, xhr => { throw new Error(xhr.responseText); })
  - text: You should test for 'res.type' to be 'application/json'.
    testString: getUserInput => $.get(getUserInput('url') + '/_api/get-tests?type=functional&n=2').then(data => { assert.equal(data.assertions[1].method, 'equal'); assert.equal(data.assertions[1].args[0], 'res.type'); assert.match(data.assertions[1].args[1], /('|")application\/json\1/);}, xhr => { throw new Error(xhr.responseText); })
  - text: You should test for 'res.body.name' to be 'Cristoforo'.
    testString: getUserInput => $.get(getUserInput('url') + '/_api/get-tests?type=functional&n=2').then(data => { assert.equal(data.assertions[2].method, 'equal'); assert.equal(data.assertions[2].args[0], 'res.body.name'); assert.match(data.assertions[2].args[1], /('|")Cristoforo\1/);}, xhr => { throw new Error(xhr.responseText); })
  - text: You should test for 'res.body.surname' to be 'Colombo'.
    testString: getUserInput => $.get(getUserInput('url') + '/_api/get-tests?type=functional&n=2').then(data => { assert.equal(data.assertions[3].method, 'equal'); assert.equal(data.assertions[3].args[0], 'res.body.surname'); assert.match(data.assertions[3].args[1], /('|")Colombo\1/);}, xhr => { throw new Error(xhr.responseText); })

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