Basic test for remote method

Author: listepo

test/remoteMethods.test.js

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+var request = require('supertest');
+var loopback = require('loopback');
+var expect = require('chai').expect;
+var JSONAPIComponent = require('../');
+var app, Post;
+
+describe('loopback json api remote methods', function () {
+  beforeEach(function () {
+    app = loopback();
+    app.set('legacyExplorer', false);
+    var ds = loopback.createDataSource('memory');
+    Post = ds.createModel('post', {
+      id: {type: Number, id: true},
+      title: String,
+      content: String
+    });
+    Post.greet = function (msg, cb) {
+      cb(null, 'Greetings... ' + msg);
+    };
+    Post.remoteMethod(
+        'greet',
+      {
+        accepts: {arg: 'msg', type: 'string'},
+        returns: {arg: 'greeting', type: 'string'}
+      }
+    );
+    app.model(Post);
+    app.use(loopback.rest());
+    JSONAPIComponent(app);
+  });
+
+  describe('status codes', function () {
+    it('POST /models should return a 201 CREATED status code', function (done) {
+      request(app).post('/posts')
+        .send({'msg': 'John'})
+        .set('Content-Type', 'application/json')
+        .expect(201)
+        .end(function (err, res) {
+          expect(err).to.equal(null);
+          expect(res.body).to.equal('Greetings... John!');
+          done();
+        });
+    });
+  });
+});