Frisby expectJSON containing unordered list

Question

Suppose the following JSON is expected as part of a Frisby test:

{
    array: ["1", "2", "3"]
}

The array of strings may return in any order, say ["3", "1", "2"].

How can I expect the above defined array without expecting an order?

I have tried

.expectJSON('array.?', "1")
.expectJSON('array.?', "2")
.expectJSON('array.?', "3")

but this is not valid syntax and the following error occurs:

 TypeError: Expected valid JavaScript object to be given, got undefined

@thefourtheye, how do I sort request result objects in Frisby? — Beenish Khurshid, Jan 17 '15 at 07:23
I am really sorry. I don't know Frisby and since the questions isn't tagged as Frisby, I left the generic way of doing this. — thefourtheye, Jan 17 '15 at 07:24
Thanks for tagging it frisby.js. I couldn't find the tag and cannot yet create tags. — Beenish Khurshid, Jan 17 '15 at 07:27

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 18 '15 at 13:38

I went into the same problem, and finally figure this out. Using .afterJSON(), you will be able to use Jasmine's expect-syntax to do all the validation you want on the JSON object.

For your example, the script will look like this:

    .afterJSON(function(json){
        expect(json.array).toContain('1');
        expect(json.array).toContain('2');
        expect(json.array).toContain('3');
    })

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 02 '15 at 19:10

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Did you figure it out? I think I'm a little late but, I'm pretty sure it's because .expectJSON is expecting a JSON object.

This .expectJSON('array.?', "1")

Becomes .expectJSON('?', { array: (not sure how to do this part) })

But you should be able to understand why the test is failing now... Sorry not great a frisby yet ;p Came here looking for help myself.

answered Jun 02 '15 at 19:10

minijag

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No I didn't actually actually figure out a real solution to this. I'll post the work around as an answer. – Beenish Khurshid Jun 04 '15 at 19:00

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 04 '15 at 19:05

Read the response as text instead of object and look for the desired array items in the text. Ie. .expectBodyContains ('1') .expectBodyContains ('2') .expectBodyContains ('3')

Now you have to be careful in you have multiple arrays with the same possible values, but using JSON.stringify and simple string manipulation, you should be able to isolate the desired array.

Andreas Hultgren · Answer 4 · 2015-01-17T08:30:23.757

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To test for some objects in an array:

.expectJSON('array.?', '1')
.expectJSON('array.?', '2')
.expectJSON('array.?', '3')

According to the docs.

edited Jan 17 '15 at 08:30

answered Jan 17 '15 at 07:17

Andreas Hultgren

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The issue here is that expectJSON expects '1' to be a JSON, not an object. – Beenish Khurshid Jan 17 '15 at 07:21
I see I read your question wrong, array.? should work though. – Andreas Hultgren Jan 17 '15 at 08:28
I'll open an issue on GitHub. – Beenish Khurshid Jan 18 '15 at 00:04

Frisby expectJSON containing unordered list

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