Mocha Test: Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'status' of null
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Node notation of callbacks is to have first parameter error.
Superagent is following this Node policy. This is from superagent github site:
request
.post('/api/pet')
.send({ name: 'Manny', species: 'cat' })
.set('X-API-Key', 'foobar')
.set('Accept', 'application/json')
.end(function(err, res){
// Calling the end function will send the request
});
So change this line
request.get('localhost:8080').end(function(res){
to
request.get('localhost:8080').end(function(err, res){
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Learning TDD and my first simple test for my "Hello World" server response is failing in Mocha. I'm using Mocha.js, Superagent, & Expect.js.
When I
curl -i localhost:8080
, I get the correct response and status code.HTTP/1.1 200 OK Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2015 17:55:36 GMT Connection: keep-alive Transfer-Encoding: chunked Hello World
Test code:
var request = require('superagent'); var expect = require('expect.js'); // Test structure describe('Suite one', function(){ it("should get a response that contains World",function(done){ request.get('localhost:8080').end(function(res){ // TODO check that response is okay expect(res).to.exist; expect(res.status).to.equal(200); expect(res.body).to.contain('World'); done(); }); }); });
Server code:
var server = require('http').createServer(function(req, res){ res.writeHead(200, {"Content-Type":"text/plain"}); res.end('Hello World\n'); }); server.listen(8080, function(){ console.log("Server listening at port 8080"); });
Mocha output:
Suite one 1) should get a response that contains World 0 passing (110ms) 1 failing 1) Suite one should get a response that contains World: Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'status' of null at test.js:10:23 at _stream_readable.js:908:16
I've tried googling this issue but no luck finding out what I'm doing wrong.