@vph-garage/sails-interfuser/test/helpers/test-model.js

Automizing injection of your [custom Sails.JS] hook's MVC logics (models, controllers, helpers, services, config, policies, views, and assets) from the hook's directory [presuming default structure], or specified directories, into the end-product, Sails.J

module.exports = async function testModel (title, modelName, attr = 'name') {
  let Model, ModelName = _.upperFirst(modelName), modelname = modelName.toLowerCase();

  before ( function () {
    Model = global[ModelName]; // the reason why I am plucking this from global is for me to test if it was globalised properly
    // sails.log.debug(`${modelName}  schema`, Model.schema);
  });


  let pre = attr.includes('Ext') ? 'Extended ' : '';

  context(`${pre}${ModelName} model :: ${title}:`, async function () {
    it(`has ${ModelName} model`, async function (){
      expect(sails.models[modelname]).to.be.an('object');
      expect(Model).to.be.an('object');
    });

    it(`has ${attr} attribute in model`, async function (){
      expect(Model.schema[`${attr}`]).to.be.ok;
    });

    it(`can (create & find) records using attrib: ${attr}`, async function (){
      for (let i=0; i<3; i++){
        await Model.create({
          [attr]: `${modelName} ${i}`
        });
      }

      let recs = await Model.find();

      expect(recs).to.be.an('array').with.lengthOf(3);
      expect(recs[1][attr]).to.be.eql(`${modelName} 1`);
    });

    it(`can (update) records using attrib: ${attr}`, async function (){
      let recs = await Model.update({ [attr]: `${modelName} 2` }, { [attr]: `${modelName} 2.1` }).fetch();

      expect(recs[0][attr]).to.be.eql(`${modelName} 2.1`);
    });

    it(`can (delete) records using attrib: ${attr}`, async function (){
      await Model.destroy({});

      let recs = await Model.find();

      expect(recs).to.be.an('array').with.lengthOf(0);
    });

  });
}