Testing Meteor app with Chimp + Mocha - (1) User login and logout

exampleTest.js

describe('pages > manageVacancy', function() {

  before( function(done) {
    
    // When starting Chimp, passing the --ddp flag provides access to a global 
    // 'server' object that allows you to call methods via DDP.
    
    // Since the server instance has a separate DDP connection from that between
    // browser > server, we need to log in separately first. Requires that your app 
    // has accounts-password Meteor package. We will also call 'logout' method  
    // in mocha's after() hook to prevent disconnection problem.
    server.call('login', privilegedUser);  
    
    done();
  });
  
  it ('log in user and redirect to homepage @watch', function(done) {
    
    loginUser(privilegedUser);
    
    // At this point we can access user info by using Meteor's accounts API. 
    var getUserId = function() {
      return Meteor.userId();
    };
    var userId = server.execute(getUserId);

    // Wait until user has been redirected to the homepage, which is the
    // expected behaviour after logging in.
    browser.waitUntil(function() {
      var loadedUrl = browser.getUrl();
      return loadedUrl === url + '/'     
    }, 5000, 'expect log-in to take user to homepage');  

    done();
  });

  it ('log out user and redirect to signOut page @watch', function(done) {
    
    logoutUser();
    
    // Wait until user has been redirected to the 'signOut' page, which is the
    // expected behaviour after logging out.
    browser.waitUntil(function() {
      var loadedUrl = browser.getUrl();
      return loadedUrl === url + '/signOut'     
    }, 5000, 'expect to be taken to signOut page');  

    done();
  });

  after( function() {
    // When we're finished, log out of the server instance.
    server.call('logout');
  });
  
});

test.js

// Chimp 0.47.2
// Mocha 3.2.0
// Meteor 1.4.2.3

global.url = 'http://localhost:3000';

global.privilegedUser = {
  'user': { 'email': '[email protected]' },
  'password': 'password' 
};

/**
 * Log in user via the UI.
 */
global.loginUser = function(user) {
    
    // Go to register page.
    browser.url(url + '/signIn');
    
    // Target our form elements.
    var email = browser.element('[name="at-field-email"]');
    var password = browser.element('[name="at-field-password"]');
    
    // Wait for elements to be present within the DOM before acting on them.
    email.waitForExist(2000);
    browser.setValue('[name="at-field-email"]', user.user.email);
    password.waitForExist(2000);
    browser.setValue( '[name="at-field-password"]', user.password);
    
    // Submit the form.
    browser.submitForm( 'form' );
};

/**
 * Log out user via the UI.
 */
global.logoutUser = function() {
  
  // Target our logout link.
  var logoutLink = browser.element('.navbar-right .dropdown ul li:last-child a');
  
  // Wait for the element to be present in the DOM.
  logoutLink.waitForExist(2000)
  
  // Activate the menu and click the link to log out.
  browser.click('.navbar-right .dropdown');
  browser.click('.navbar-right .dropdown ul li:last-child a');
}