Nuxt•16h ago

How to write test for API with authenticate required.

Hello there. is there way to test out api endpoint while building fullstack app. let say i have authenticate route powered by https://github.com/atinux/nuxt-auth-utils . i want to test if the result of the endpoint is fullfill the test required but i did not really know how to test that endpoint . i was reading the laravel test and find https://laravel.com/docs/11.x/http-tests#session-and-authentication maybe one of you have any idea about this how to do test api with authenticate like laravel test. Thank you

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kapa.ai•16h ago

Hi @silvesterwali. I'm kapa.ai, your friendly support bot. I will try to answer your question by searching through the knowledge base. :wave: ---------------------- To test API endpoints that require authentication in a Nuxt 3 application, especially when using nuxt-auth-utils, you can follow a similar approach to Laravel's HTTP tests. Here's how you can set up and write tests for authenticated API endpoints in Nuxt 3: 1. First, make sure you have the testing environment set up correctly. You should have @nuxt/test-utils installed and configured in your project, as described in the Nuxt testing documentation (https://nuxt.com/docs/getting-started/testing#unit-testing). 2. For testing API endpoints, you can use the $fetch and fetch utilities provided by @nuxt/test-utils/e2e. These allow you to make HTTP requests to your Nuxt application during tests. 3. To handle authentication, you can create a helper function that logs in a user and returns the necessary authentication tokens or cookies. This is similar to Laravel's actingAs method. Here's an example of how you might structure your tests:

import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest'
import { setup, $fetch } from '@nuxt/test-utils/e2e'

describe('API Tests', async () => {
  await setup({
    // Your Nuxt setup options
  })

  // Helper function to authenticate a user
  async function authenticateUser(email: string, password: string) {
    const response = await $fetch('/api/login', {
      method: 'POST',
      body: { email, password }
    })
    // Return the authentication token or cookie
    return response.token
  }

  it('can access authenticated endpoint', async () => {
    // Authenticate a user
    const token = await authenticateUser('[email protected]', 'password')

    // Make a request to the authenticated endpoint
    const response = await $fetch('/api/protected-route', {
      headers: {
        Authorization: `Bearer ${token}`
      }
    })
// Assert the response
    expect(response.status).toBe(200)
    expect(response.data).toHaveProperty('someProperty')
  })

  it('cannot access authenticated endpoint without token', async () => {
    // Attempt to access the endpoint without authentication
    try {
      await $fetch('/api/protected-route')
    } catch (error) {
      expect(error.response.status).toBe(401)
    }
  })
})

import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest'
import { setup, $fetch } from '@nuxt/test-utils/e2e'

describe('API Tests', async () => {
  await setup({
    // Your Nuxt setup options
  })

  // Helper function to authenticate a user
  async function authenticateUser(email: string, password: string) {
    const response = await $fetch('/api/login', {
      method: 'POST',
      body: { email, password }
    })
    // Return the authentication token or cookie
    return response.token
  }

  it('can access authenticated endpoint', async () => {
    // Authenticate a user
    const token = await authenticateUser('[email protected]', 'password')

    // Make a request to the authenticated endpoint
    const response = await $fetch('/api/protected-route', {
      headers: {
        Authorization: `Bearer ${token}`
      }
    })
// Assert the response
    expect(response.status).toBe(200)
    expect(response.data).toHaveProperty('someProperty')
  })

  it('cannot access authenticated endpoint without token', async () => {
    // Attempt to access the endpoint without authentication
    try {
      await $fetch('/api/protected-route')
    } catch (error) {
      expect(error.response.status).toBe(401)
    }
  })
})

This approach allows you to: 1. Set up the Nuxt testing environment. 2. Create a helper function to authenticate users. 3. Use the authenticated token in subsequent requests. 4. Test both successful authenticated requests and unauthorized access attempts. Remember to adjust the endpoints and authentication logic according to your specific implementation with nuxt-auth-utils. For more detailed information on Nuxt testing, you can refer to the Nuxt testing documentation (https://nuxt.com/docs/getting-started/testing). If you need to mock certain parts of your authentication system or API responses, you can use the registerEndpoint helper from @nuxt/test-utils/runtime to create mock endpoints for your tests, as described in the Nuxt testing documentation (https://nuxt.com/docs/getting-started/testing#registerendpoint). ---------------------- Note: you can ask me a follow up question by @ mentioning me again :speech_balloon: ----------------------

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