testing backbone models using the right backend endpoints

gistfile1.js

/* This is in SpecHelper.js */

$(function() {
    beforeEach(function() {
        this.addMatchers({
            toRequest: function(expectedRequest) {
              var actualRequest, name, value;
              actualRequest = this.actual;
              for (name in expectedRequest) {
                value = expectedRequest[name];
                this.actual = actualRequest[name];
                this.message = function() {
                  return "Expected " + name + " to be '" + value + "' but got '" + this.actual + "'";
                };
                if (this.actual !== value) {
                  return false;
                }
              }
              return true;
            }
          });
    });
});


(function() {
  describe("Asset", function() {
    return describe("syncing to backend", function() {
      beforeEach(function() {
        jasmine.Ajax.useMock();
        this.response = {
          status: 200,
          responseText: "{}"
        };
        return this.asset = new Asset;
      });
      describe("fetching with the id", function() {
        beforeEach(function() {
          this.asset.set({
            guid: "1234"
          });
          this.asset.fetch(); // this is Backbone's method that should do an ajax request for the model
          this.request = mostRecentAjaxRequest(); // grab the mocked out ajax request
          return this.request.response(this.response);
        });
        return it("request matches expectations", function() {
          // verify the ajax request is what we expected it to be
          return expect(this.request).toRequest({
            method: "GET",
            url: "/entities/assets/1234",
            params: null
          });
        });
      });
    });
}).call(this);