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Node JS API Unit Testing -Using Mocha Chai -Complete Project

person icon Yazdani Chowdhury

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Node JS API Unit Testing -Using Mocha Chai -Complete Project

You will learn to build rest api using node js and express js, how to add unit testing for rest api using mocha and chai

updated on icon Updated on Jun, 2025

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person icon Yazdani Chowdhury

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category icon Development ,Software Testing,Web Testing

Lectures -20

Resources -1

Duration -3.5 hours

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Course Description

Welcome to this course. In this course, you will learn API Unit Testing using mocha and chai. At first, you will learn how to build the rest API using node js, express js, and MongoDB. You will learn how to test the API endpoint in postman. I will show you how to organize and save the endpoint in postman. Using postman we will be able to perform all sorts of things like create, update, get, and delete operations.

After that, you will learn how to add unit testing for the API using mocha and chai. We will add different sorts of testing for all of our API endpoints.

Here are some lists that you are gonna learn from this course:

  • How to build rest API.

  • API End-point unit testing using mocha and chai.

  • How to save data to MongoDB database.

  • How to organize node js project, routing, and controller of node js app.

  • How to use postman to test API endpoint.

  • How to add Mocha Chai test for each and every API endpoint.

  • How to use different kinds of assertion functions of chai in the test.

  • How to generate a test report after doing all the test

  • Different kinds of status codes need to use with mocha chai testing.

  • How to choose status code when building rest API.

  • How to use Axios to do HTTP requests.

Who this course is for:

  • If you are a backend developer and want to learn unit-testing
  • If you want to learn how to use mocha and chai to test your api
  • If you want to learn backend development and want to use mongodb with node js and express js

Goals

  • How to use mocha and chai to test API endpoint

  • How to build Rest API Using Node Js and Express Js

  • Node JS API Unit Testing

  • How to test API in postman

  • How to use mongodb database with node js

  • How to generate test report

Prerequisites

  • Students don't need to have any prior knowledge to take this course

Node JS API Unit Testing -Using Mocha Chai -Complete Project

Curriculum

Check out the detailed breakdown of what’s inside the course

Introduction

2 Lectures
  • play icon Introduction 04:36 04:36
  • play icon Downloadable Resources

Create Project and Install Packages

1 Lectures
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Create Router and Controller File

1 Lectures
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MongoDB Database Connection

1 Lectures
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Design MongoDB Schema

1 Lectures
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Create User API Endpoint

1 Lectures
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API Fields Validation

1 Lectures
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Get all User List API Endpoint

1 Lectures
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Get Single User API Endpoint

1 Lectures
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Delete User API Endpoint

1 Lectures
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Update User-Info API Endpoint

1 Lectures
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Install Mocha-Chai and Add First Test

1 Lectures
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Add Test Case to Check Get User List API Endpoint

1 Lectures
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Test Case to Check Single User API Endpoint

1 Lectures
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Delete User API Endpoint Test

1 Lectures
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Create User API Endpoint Test Case

1 Lectures
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Update User API Endpoint Test Case

1 Lectures
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Fix Some Bugs

1 Lectures
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Generate Mocha Chai Test Report

1 Lectures
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Instructor Details

Yazdani Chowdhury

Yazdani Chowdhury

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