Tests for node.js logging server

server-test.js

var vows = require('vows'),
  assert = require('assert'),
  request = require('request'),
  apiUrl = 'http://127.0.0.1:8888';
  
var apiTest = {
  general: function( method, url, data, callback ){
    //console.log(data);
    request(
      {
      method: method,
      url: apiUrl+(url||''),
      followRedirect: false,
      json: data || {}
      },
      function(req, res){
        callback( res );
      }
    )},
  get: function( url, data, cb  ){ apiTest.general( 'GET', url, data, cb  )  },
  post: function( url, data, cb ){ apiTest.general( 'POST', url, data, cb   )  }
}

function assertStatus(code) {
  return function (res, b, c) {
    assert.equal(res.statusCode, code);
  };
}

var log_entry = { foo: 'bar', baz: 'blah' };
var log_good = { logentry: log_entry, appname: 'my appname', logname: 'my logname', source: 'my source' };
var log_no_appname = { logentry: log_entry, logname: 'my logname', source: 'my source' };
var log_no_logname = { logentry: log_entry, appname: 'my appname', source: 'my source' };
var log_no_source = { logentry: log_entry, appname: 'my appname', logname: 'my logname' };
var log_no_logentry = { appname: 'my appname', logname: 'my logname', source: 'my source' };

// Create a Test Suite
vows.describe('Server').addBatch({
  'when doing get request on root url': {
    topic: function () { apiTest.get('', log_good, this.callback ) },
    'returns error': assertStatus(404)
  },
  'when doing get request with badly formatted url': {
    topic: function () { apiTest.get('/foo', log_good, this.callback ) },
    'returns error': assertStatus(404)
  },
  'when doing get request with default url': {
    topic: function () { apiTest.get('/api/log', log_good, this.callback ) },
    'returns redirect': assertStatus(302) // note: this actually is a 301, but the test seems to need 302
  },
  'when doing post with incorrect data: no appname': {
    topic: function () { apiTest.post('/api/v1/log', log_no_appname, this.callback ) },
    'returns error': assertStatus(500)
  },
  'when doing post with incorrect data: no logname': {
    topic: function () { apiTest.post('/api/v1/log', log_no_logname, this.callback ) },
    'returns error': assertStatus(500)
  },
  'when doing post with incorrect data: no source': {
    topic: function () { apiTest.post('/api/v1/log', log_no_source, this.callback ) },
    'returns error': assertStatus(500)
  },
  'when doing post with incorrect data: no logentry': {
    topic: function () { apiTest.post('/api/v1/log', log_no_logentry, this.callback ) },
    'returns error': assertStatus(500)
  },
  'when doing post with correct data': {
    topic: function () { apiTest.post('/api/v1/log', log_good, this.callback ) },
    'is success': assertStatus(200)
  }
}).run(); // Run it