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+import "dotenv/config";
+import express from "express";
+import mongoose from "mongoose";
+import request from "supertest";
+import router from "../../src/routes/players";
+import Model from "../../src/models/Players";
+
+const app = express();
+
+app.use(express.json());
+app.use("/players", router);
+
+// before all the route tests, connect to the database
+beforeAll(async () => {
+    await mongoose.connect(process.env.TEST_DB_CONNECTION, {
+        useNewUrlParser: true,
+        useUnifiedTopology: true,
+    });
+});
+
+// after all the test, close database connection
+afterAll(async () => {
+    await mongoose.connection.close();
+});
+
+// test player to be used for endpoints that need to reference a document in the database
+let testPlayer;
+const testFields = {
+    username: "this user should not exist",
+    level: "0",
+    score: "00",
+    email: "test@email.com",
+    groupID: "0",
+};
+
+// before each test, create a temp test player
+beforeEach(async () => {
+    testPlayer = await Model.create(testFields);
+});
+
+// after each test, delete the temp test player
+afterEach(async () => {
+    await Model.deleteOne({ _id: testPlayer._id });
+});
+
+// run tests againts the players endpoints by receiving the expected responses
+describe("Test the players endpoint(s)", () => {
+    // test for successful response to a GET request to /players
+    test("GET /players", async () => {
+        const response = await request(app).get("/players");
+        expect(response.statusCode).toBe(200);
+        expect(response.body.length >= 0).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    // test for successful response to a POST request to /players
+    test("POST /players", async () => {
+        // appends integer to username to avoid unique validators, if any
+        testFields.username += Date.now().toString();
+
+        // send request to create a temp document
+        const response = await request(app).post("/players").send(testFields);
+        expect(response.statusCode).toBe(201);
+
+        // confirm a player document was created by checking id
+        expect(mongoose.Types.ObjectId.isValid(response.body._id)).toBe(true);
+
+        // confirm the player created used the test fields
+        expect(response.body.username).toBe(testFields.username);
+
+        // delete the temp document that was created for this test
+        await Model.deleteOne({ _id: response.body._id });
+    });
+
+    // test for successful response to a GET request to /players/id
+    test("GET /players/id", async () => {
+        const requestedID = testPlayer._id.toString();
+
+        // send request to get the test player that was just created
+        const response = await request(app).get(`/players/${requestedID}`);
+        expect(response.statusCode).toBe(200);
+
+        const receivedID = response.body._id.toString();
+        // confirm the player document received in response is the document requested
+        expect(receivedID).toBe(requestedID);
+    });
+
+    // test for successful response to a PATCH request to /players/id
+    test("PATCH /players/id", async () => {
+        const updatePlayer = { username: "this updated user should not exist" };
+
+        // send request to update username of the test player
+        const response = await request(app)
+            .patch(`/players/${testPlayer.id}`)
+            .send(updatePlayer);
+        expect(response.statusCode).toBe(200);
+
+        // confirm the request to update one document was executed
+        expect(response.body.acknowledged).toBe(true);
+        expect(response.body.modifiedCount).toBe(1);
+    });
+
+    // test for successful response to a DELETE request to /players/id
+    test("DELETE /players/id", async () => {
+        const requestedID = testPlayer._id.toString();
+
+        // send request to delete the test player
+        const response = await request(app).delete(`/players/${requestedID}`);
+        expect(response.statusCode).toBe(200);
+
+        // confirm the request to delete one document was executed
+        expect(response.body.acknowledged).toBe(true);
+        expect(response.body.deletedCount).toBe(1);
+    });
+});