node.js testing an express mongoose REST api with supertest

skills-data.coffee

module.exports = [
  { "name": "Brunch.io", "shortName": "brunch", "soId": "brunch", "_id": "514825fa2a26ea020000000b", "__v": 0 },
  { "name": "C#", "shortName": "c#", "soId": "c#", "_id": "514825fa2a26ea020000000e", "__v": 0  } ]

skills-test.coffee

require './../../test-setup'
require './../../test-http-setup'

data =
  skills: require './data/skills-data'

api_skills = require './../../lib/api/skills'

app.get     '/api/skills', api_skills.list
app.get     '/api/skills/:id', api_skills.detail
app.post    '/api/skills', api_skills.post

testNum = 0

describe "REST api with mongoose", ->

  before (done) ->
    mongoose.connect "mongodb://localhost/airpair_test", done

  beforeEach (done) ->
    testNum = testNum + 1
    @skillNum = data.skills[testNum]
    @skill = request(app)
      .post('/api/skills')
      .send( @skillNum )
      .expect(200, done)

  it "should get first skill", (done) ->
    request(app)
      .get('/api/skills')
      .expect( [ @skillNum ] )
      .end done

  after (done) ->
    mongoose.connection.db.executeDbCommand { dropDatabase:1 }, (err, result) ->
      mongoose.connection.close done

test-http-setup.coffee

global.mongoose = require 'mongoose'
global.request = require 'supertest'
global.express = require 'express'

global.app = express()

app.configure ->
  app.use express.static(__dirname + '/public')
  app.use express.bodyParser()
  app.use express.cookieParser()

test-setup.coffee

global.sinon = require 'sinon'
chai = require 'chai'
chai.use require 'sinon-chai'

global.sinon = sinon
global.expect = chai.expect