rerequest

This module creates fake (mock) HTTP request/response objects that you can feed in to an Express app. The entire request is handled in-process, meaning you don't waste time and resources making TCP connections to localhost.

Example

var express = require('express')
    , app = express()
    , Rerequest = require('rerequest')
    , rrq = new Rerequest(app);

app.get('/test-real', function(req, res) {
    res.send('I just return some text.');
});

app.get('/test-rerequest', function(req, res) {
    rrq.get('/test-real', function(result) {
        res.send('The other route returns ' + result.statusCode + ' and says ' + result.body);
    });
});

Everything that your rerequested route "writes" is buffered in memory, and when it calls res.end, your callback is called with the response object with a few things added:

• res.body - a Buffer containing the body of the HTTP response (if there was one), or if the Content-Type header was set to application/json, the response body is automatically parsed and and you get an object.
• res._content - always the raw body Buffer.

Most of the other normal response properties (like headers and statusCode) are of course available.

Options

rrq.post('/url', {
    session: req.session, // pass along the client's session object
    headers: {
        'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
        'Host': req.host // if you're doing any vhosty type stuff
    },
    body: 'key=value&awesome=true', // Content-Length is automatically set
    socket: req.socket // copies socket.remoteAddress and friends to the rerequest
}, function (result) {
    // ...
});

If your app uses the session middleware, you must pass the client's session object (or an empty one), otherwise things break.