Extends supertest with WebSocket capabilities. This is intended for testing servers which support both HTTP and WebSocket requests.

npm install --save-dev superwstest

import http from 'http';
import WebSocket from 'ws';

const server = http.createServer();
const wss = new WebSocket.Server({ server });

wss.on('connection', (ws) => {
  ws.on('message', (message) => { ws.send(`echo ${message}`); });
  ws.send('hello');
});

export default server;

import request from 'superwstest';
import server from './myServer';

describe('My Server', () => {
  beforeEach((done) => {
    server.listen(0, 'localhost', done);
  });

  afterEach((done) => {
    server.close(done);
  });

  it('communicates via websockets', async () => {
    await request(server)
      .ws('/path/ws')
      .expectText('hello')
      .sendText('foo')
      .expectText('echo foo')
      .sendText('abc')
      .expectText('echo abc')
      .close()
      .expectClosed();
  });
});

Since this builds on supertest, all the HTTP checks are also available.

As long as you add server.close in an afterEach, all connections will be closed automatically, so you do not need to close connections in every test.

You can also test against a remote webserver by specifying the URL of the server:

import request from 'superwstest';

describe('My Remote Server', () => {
  afterEach(() => {
    request.closeAll(); // recommended when using remote servers
  });

  it('communicates via websockets', async () => {
    await request('https://example.com')
      .ws('/path/ws')
      .expectText('hello')
      .close();
  });
});

Note that adding request.closeAll() to an afterEach will ensure connections are closed in all situations (including test timeouts, etc.). This is not needed when testing against a local server because the server will close connections when closed.

The server URL given should be http(s) rather than ws(s); this will provide compatibility with native supertest requests such as post, get, etc. and will be converted automatically as needed.

• request(server[, options])
• request(...).ws(path[, protocols][, options])
  • .expectText([expected])
  • .expectJson([expected])
  • .expectBinary([expected])
  • .sendText(text)
  • .sendJson(json)
  • .sendBinary(data)
  • .send(data[, options])
  • .close([code[, reason]]
  • .expectClosed([expectedCode[, expectedReason]])
  • .expectConnectionError([expectedStatusCode])
  • .expectUpgrade(test)
  • .wait(milliseconds)
  • .exec(fn)

The beginning of a superwstest (or supertest) test chain. Typically this is immediately followed by .ws(...) or .get(...) etc.

options can contain additional configuration:

• shutdownDelay: wait up to the given number of milliseconds for connections to close by themselves before forcing a shutdown when close is called on the server. By default this is 0 (i.e. all connections are closed immediately). Has no effect when testing remote servers.

  request(server, { shutdownDelay: 500 }).ws(path)

Returns a Promise (eventually returning the WebSocket) with additional fluent API methods attached (described below).

Internally, this uses ws, and the protocols and options given are passed directly to the WebSocket constructor. For example, to set a cookie:

request(myServer)
  .ws('/path/ws', { headers: { cookie: 'foo=bar' } })

Waits for the next message to arrive then checks that it matches the given text (exact match), regular expression, or function. If no parameter is given, this only checks that the message is text (not binary).

request(server).ws('...')
  .expectText('hello')   // exact text
  .expectText(/^hel*o$/) // RegExp matching
  .expectText((actual) => actual.includes('lo')) // function
  .expectText()          // just check message is text

When using a function, the check will be considered a failure if it returns false. Any other value (including undefined and null) is considered a pass. This means you can use (e.g.) Jest expectations (returning no value):

request(server).ws('...')
  .expectText((actual) => {
    expect(actual).toContain('foo');
  })

Waits for the next message to arrive, deserialises it using JSON.parse, then checks that it matches the given data (deep equality) or function. If no parameter is given, this only checks that the message is valid JSON.

request(server).ws('...')
  .expectJson({ foo: 'bar', zig: ['zag'] })       // exact match
  .expectJson((actual) => (actual.foo === 'bar')) // function
  .expectJson() // just check message is valid JSON

When using a function, the check will be considered a failure if it returns false. Any other value (including undefined and null) is considered a pass. This means you can use (e.g.) Jest expectations (returning no value):

request(server).ws('...')
  .expectText((actual) => {
    expect(actual.bar).toBeGreaterThan(2);
  })

Waits for the next message to arrive then checks that it matches the given array / buffer (exact match) or function. If no parameter is given, this only checks that the message is binary (not text).

When providing a function, the data will always be a Uint8Array.

request(server).ws('...')
  .expectBinary([10, 20, 30])
  .expectBinary(new Uint8Array([10, 20, 30]))
  .expectBinary((actual) => (actual[0] === 10)) // function
  .expectBinary() // just check message is binary

When using a function, the check will be considered a failure if it returns false. Any other value (including undefined and null) is considered a pass. This means you can use (e.g.) Jest expectations (returning no value):

request(server).ws('...')
  .expectBinary((actual) => {
    expect(actual[0]).toBeGreaterThan(2);
  })

Sends the given text. Non-strings are converted using String before sending.

request(server).ws('...')
  .sendText('yo')

Sends the given JSON as text using JSON.stringify.

request(server).ws('...')
  .sendJson({ foo: 'bar' })

Sends the given data as a binary message.

request(server).ws('...')
  .sendBinary([10, 20, 30])
  .sendBinary(new Uint8Array([10, 20, 30]))

Sends a raw message (accepts any types accepted by WebSocket.send, and options is passed through unchanged).

request(server).ws('...')
  .send(new Uint8Array([5, 20, 100])) // binary message

  // multipart message
  .send('this is a fragm', { fin: false })
  .send('ented message', { fin: true })

Closes the socket. Arguments are passed directly to WebSocket.close.

request(server).ws('...')
  .close() // close with default code and reason

request(server).ws('...')
  .close(1001) // custom code

request(server).ws('...')
  .close(1001, 'getting a cup of tea') // custom code and reason

Waits for the socket to be closed. Optionally checks if it was closed with the expected code and reason.

request(server).ws('...')
  .expectClosed()

request(server).ws('...')
  .expectClosed(1001) // expected code

request(server).ws('...')
  .expectClosed(1001, 'bye') // expected code and reason

Expect the initial connection handshake to fail. Optionally checks for a specific HTTP status code.

note: if you use this, it must be the only invocation in the chain

request(server).ws('...')
  .expectConnectionError(); // any error

request(server).ws('...')
  .expectConnectionError(404); // specific error

Run a check against the Upgrade response. Useful for making arbitrary assertions about parts of the Upgrade response, such as headers.

The check will be considered a failure if it returns false. Any other value (including undefined and null) is considered a pass. This means you can use (e.g.) Jest expectations (returning no value).

The parameter will be a http.IncomingMessage.

request(server).ws('...')
  .expectUpgrade((res) => (res.headers['set-cookie'] === 'foo=bar'));

request(server).ws('...')
  .expectUpgrade((res) => {
    expect(res.headers).toHaveProperty('set-cookie', 'foo=bar');
  })

Adds a delay of a number of milliseconds using setTimeout. This is available as an escape hatch, but try to avoid using it, as it may cause intermittent failures in tests due to timing variations.

request(server).ws('...')
  .wait(500)

Invokes the given function. If the function returns a promise, this waits for the promise to resolve (but ignores the result). The function will be given the WebSocket as a parameter. This is available as an escape hatch if the standard functions do not meet your needs.

request(server).ws('...')
  .exec((ws) => console.log('hello debugger!'))

note: this differs from Promise.then because you can continue to chain web socket actions and expectations.