Post request via Chai

Question

I am trying to make a request to my node JS server which accepts post/put call. The parameters I am trying to send with post call via chai is not visible on server (req.body.myparam).
I have tried with below post request but ended with not results:-

var host = "http://localhost:3000"; var path = "/myPath";  chai.request(host).post(path).field('myparam' , 'test').end(function(error, response, body) { 

and

chai.request(host).post(path).send({'myparam' : 'test'}).end(function(error, response, body) { 

Node JS code is given below:-

app.put ('/mypath', function(req, res){                     //Handling post request to create league     createDoc (req, res); })   app.post ('/mypath', function(req, res){                        //Handling post request to create league     createDoc (req, res); })  var createDoc = function (req, res) {     var myparam = req.body.myparam;                                 //league id to create new league     if (!myparam) {         res.status(400).json({error : 'myparam is missing'});         return;     }        }; 

Above code goes to myparam is missing.

Please let me know what is the best way to do the same.
Thanks in Advance.

Answer 1

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.

Here is how you could have written:

.set('content-type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded') .send({myparam: 'test'}) 

Here is the full code that successfully passes parameters to the server:

test.js

'use strict'; var chai = require('chai'); var chaiHttp = require('chai-http');  chai.use(chaiHttp);  describe('Test group', function() {     var host = "http://" + process.env.IP + ':' + process.env.PORT;     var path = "/myPath";      it('should send parameters to : /path POST', function(done) {         chai             .request(host)             .post(path)             // .field('myparam' , 'test')             .set('content-type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded')             .send({myparam: 'test'})             .end(function(error, response, body) {                 if (error) {                     done(error);                 } else {                     done();                 }             });     }); }); 

server.js

'use strict'; var bodyParser  = require("body-parser"),     express     = require("express"),     app         = express();  app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({extended: true}));  app.put ('/mypath', function(req, res){  //Handling post request to create league     createDoc (req, res); });  app.post ('/mypath', function(req, res){  //Handling post request to create league     createDoc (req, res); });  var createDoc = function (req, res) {     console.log(req.body);     var myparam = req.body.myparam; //league id to create new league     if (!myparam) {         res.status(400).json({error : 'myparam is missing'});         return;     } };  app.listen(process.env.PORT, process.env.IP, function(){     console.log("SERVER IS RUNNING"); });  module.exports = app;