Supabase Test Helpers

A collection of functions designed to make testing Supabase projects easier. Created as part of our open source SaaS starter for Supabase.

Quick Start

If you're using Supabase:

1. Install dbdev following the instructions here: github.com/supabase/dbdev
2. Install the test helpers as an extension:

select dbdev.install('basejump-supabase_test_helpers');

I don't recommend activating the extension in production directly, instead you can activate it as part of your test suite. For example:

BEGIN;
CREATE EXTENSION "basejump-supabase_test_helpers";

select plan(1);
-- create a table, which will have RLS disabled by default
CREATE TABLE public.tb1 (id int, data text);
ALTER TABLE public.tb1 ENABLE ROW LEVEL SECURITY;

-- test to make sure RLS check works
select check_test(tests.rls_enabled('public', 'tb1'), true);

SELECT * FROM finish();
ROLLBACK;

For a basic example, check out the example blog tests.

Manual Installation

Copy the contents of supabase_test_helpers.sql into the very first alphabetical test in your test suite, such as 00000-supabase_test_helpers.sql. This will ensure that the test helpers are removed after your tests have run.

Writing tests

Check out the docs below for available helpers. To view a comprehensive example, check out our blog tests.

Contributing

Yes, please! Anything you've found helpful for testing Supabase projects is welcome. To contribute:

• Add pgTAP compliant test functions to supabase_test_helpers.sql
• Comments should be added above each function, follow the examples in the file.
• Add tests for your functions in tests/XX-your-function-name.sql
• Submit a PR

Test Helpers

The following is auto-generated off of comments in the supabase_test_helpers.sql file. Any changes added to the README directly will be overwritten.

• tests.create_supabase_user(identifier text, email text, phone text)
• tests.get_supabase_user(identifier text)
• tests.get_supabase_uid(identifier text)
• tests.authenticate_as(identifier text)
• tests.clear_authentication()
• tests.rls_enabled(testing_schema text)
• tests.rls_enabled(testing_schema text, testing_table text)

tests.create_supabase_user(identifier text, email text, phone text)

Creates a new user in the auth.users table. You can recall a user's info by using tests.get_supabase_user(identifier text).

Parameters:

• identifier - A unique identifier for the user. We recommend you keep it memorable like "test_owner" or "test_member"
• email - (Optional) The email address of the user
• phone - (Optional) The phone number of the user
• metadata - (Optional) Additional metadata to be added to the user

Returns:

• user_id - The UUID of the user in the auth.users table

Example:

  SELECT tests.create_supabase_user('test_owner');
  SELECT tests.create_supabase_user('test_member', 'member@test.com', '555-555-5555');
  SELECT tests.create_supabase_user('test_member', 'member@test.com', '555-555-5555', '{"key": "value"}'::jsonb);

tests.get_supabase_user(identifier text)

Returns the user info for a user created with tests.create_supabase_user.

Parameters:

• identifier - The unique identifier for the user

Returns:

• user_id - The UUID of the user in the auth.users table

Example:

  SELECT posts where posts.user_id = tests.get_supabase_user('test_owner') -> 'id';

tests.get_supabase_uid(identifier text)

Returns the user UUID for a user created with tests.create_supabase_user.

Parameters:

• identifier - The unique identifier for the user

Returns:

• user_id - The UUID of the user in the auth.users table

Example:

  SELECT posts where posts.user_id = tests.get_supabase_uid('test_owner') -> 'id';

tests.authenticate_as(identifier text)

Authenticates as a user created with tests.create_supabase_user.

Parameters:

• identifier - The unique identifier for the user

Returns:

• void

Example:

  SELECT tests.create_supabase_user('test_owner');
  SELECT tests.authenticate_as('test_owner');

tests.clear_authentication()

Clears out the authentication and sets role to anon

Returns:

• void

Example:

  SELECT tests.create_supabase_user('test_owner');
  SELECT tests.authenticate_as('test_owner');
  SELECT tests.clear_authentication();

tests.rls_enabled(testing_schema text)

pgTAP function to check if RLS is enabled on all tables in a provided schema

Parameters:

• schema_name text - The name of the schema to check

Example:

  BEGIN;
      select plan(1);
      select tests.rls_enabled('public');
      SELECT * FROM finish();
  ROLLBACK;

tests.rls_enabled(testing_schema text, testing_table text)

pgTAP function to check if RLS is enabled on a specific table

Parameters:

• schema_name text - The name of the schema to check
• testing_table text - The name of the table to check

Example:

   BEGIN;
       select plan(1);
       select tests.rls_enabled('public', 'accounts');
       SELECT * FROM finish();
   ROLLBACK;