TESTING: Test API endpoints

[pbgnz]

Task Description

The User API endpoints have been created and merged in issues #20 and #54. However, there are no unit tests done on the back-end.

Task Breakdown

This issue is divided in two parts:

• Setup mocha and chai for the back-end testing

• Test the User API endpoint

• Test the User authenticate /me endpoint

• Test the User logout /logout endpoint

• Test the StudyGroup API endpoint

• Test the Chat Api and related enpoints

Agile Information

Risk: low
Estimated time: 3hrs

[pbgnz]

After trying to setup mocha and chai for two days, I concluded that it would be easier to use the already installed testing module AVA. The two main reasons are that:

1- It would be more time efficient since AVA is already set-up and there are examples on MERN

2- It would be less heavy on the server

[jacobrs]

Also test /me and /logout endpoints

[pbgnz]

Not goal of the current sprint.

[jacobrs]

@pbgnz why is this no longer a goal? We require tests in order to close user stories.

[pbgnz]

@jacobrs the back-end is being tested using other tools at the moment. I wanted to prioritize the chat for this spring. So, me and Phil decided to meet this Friday after the tutorial and finish all the back-end tasks.

So if everything goes according to plan, I will be working on finishing the tests by next week or so. Before the list increases lol.

[pbgnz]

This will be done this sprint. Phil can write the tests for his endpoints in this issue.

[pbgnz]

Cannot "mock" login for testing. Therefore, cannot test the authenticated endpoints.