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https://github.com/ericclemmons/node-recorder
Simple recording & replaying of HTTP requests for predictable development & testing.
https://github.com/ericclemmons/node-recorder
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Simple recording & replaying of HTTP requests for predictable development & testing.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/ericclemmons/node-recorder
- Owner: ericclemmons
- License: mit
- Created: 2019-02-23T03:44:05.000Z (almost 6 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2023-01-07T03:19:09.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-10-03T09:21:19.705Z (2 months ago)
- Language: TypeScript
- Size: 15 MB
- Stars: 97
- Watchers: 3
- Forks: 5
- Open Issues: 34
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
- Automatically record new HTTP(s) requests.
- Replay recordings when testing.
- Customize responses.
- Works well with [supertest](https://github.com/visionmedia/supertest).
- Predictable, deterministic filepaths.
- Normalize the `request` & `response`.
- Associate session-based cookies & OAuth tokens to users.
- Ignore requests you don't want to record.
---
---
## Installation
```shell
$ yarn add node-recorder --dev
# or
$ npm install node-recorder --save-dev
```
## Getting Started
- By simply including `node-recorder`, **all HTTP(s) requests are intercepted**.
- By default, `RECORD` mode records new recordings, and replays existing fixures.
- When in `NODE_ENV=test` or `CI=true`, `REPLAY` mode replays existing recordings, and throws an error when one doesn't exist.
_(So that local tests don't suddenly fail in CI)_
### Recorder Modes
- `bypass` - All network requests bypass the recorder and respond as usual.
- `record` - Record only new network requests (i.e. those without recordings), while replaying existing recordings.
- `replay` - Replay all network requests using recordings. **If a recording is missing, an error is thrown**.
- `rerecord` - Re-record all network requests.
### Using `node --require`
```shell
$ node -r node-recorder path/to/server.js
```
_(This also works with `mocha`!)_
### Setting the `mode` via `RECORDER=...`
```shell
$ RECORDER=ignore node -r node-recorder path/to/server.js
```
### Using Jest
Included is a `jest-preset` that will automatically include `node-recorder` and a custom plugin to make toggling modes easier.
```js
// jest.config.js
module.exports = {
preset: "node-recorder/jest-preset"
};
```
Now, running `jest --watch` will add a new `r` option:
```
Watch Usage
› Press a to run all tests.
› Press f to run only failed tests.
› Press p to filter by a filename regex pattern.
› Press t to filter by a test name regex pattern.
› Press q to quit watch mode.
› Press r to change recording mode from "REPLAY".
› Press Enter to trigger a test run.
```
Pressing `r` will toggle between the various modes:
```
╭─────────────────────────────╮
│ │
│ node-recorder: RECORD │
│ │
╰─────────────────────────────╯
```
### Configuring `recorder.config.js`
Within your project, you can create a `recorder.config.js` that exports:
```js
// recorder.conig.js
module.exports = {
identify(request, response) {...},
ignore(request) {...},
normalize(request, response) {...}
}
```
- `request` is the same as the recording (e.g. `body`, `headers`, `href`, `method`), but
with an additional `url` property from https://github.com/unshiftio/url-parse to simplify conditional logic.
- `response` contains `body`, `headers`, & `statusCode`.
#### `identify` a `request` or `response
This is useful when network requests are stateful, in that they rely on an authorization call first, then they pass along a token/cookie to subsequent calls:
1. Suppose you login by calling `/login?user=foo&password=bar`.
2. The response contains `{ "token": "abc123" }3. Now, to get data, you call`/api?token=abc123`.
When recording recordings, the token `abc123` isn't clearly associated with the user `foo`.
To address this, you can `identify` the `request` and `response`, so that the recordings are aliased accordingly:
```js
identify(request, response) {
const { user, token } = request.query
if (request.href.endsWith("/login")) {
// We know the user, but not the token yet
if (!response) {
return user
}
// Upon login, associate this `user` with the `token`
return [user, response.body.token]
}
// API calls supply a `token`, which has been associated with a `user`
if (request.href.endsWith("/api")) {
return token
}
}
```
Now, when recorded recordings will look like:
- `127.0.0.1/login/${hash}.${user}.json`
- `127.0.0.1/api/${hash}.${user}.json`
This way, similar-looking network requests (e.g. login & GraphQL) can be differentiated and easily searched for.
#### `ignore` a `request`
Typically, you don't want to record recordings for things like analytics or reporting.
```js
// recorder.conig.js
module.exports = {
ignore(request) {
if (request.href.includes("www.google-analytics.com")) {
return true;
}
return false;
}
};
```
#### `normalize` a `request` or `response`
Recordings are meant to make development & testing _easier_, so modification is necessary.
- **Changing `request` changes the filename `hash` of the recording**. You may need to `record` again.
- `normalize` is called **before** the network request and **after**. This means that `response` may be `undefined`!
- You can **change `response` by hand, or via `normalize` without affecting the filename `hash` of the recording**.
```js
module.exports = {
normalize(request, response) {
// Suppose you never care about `user-agent`
delete request.headers["user-agent"];
// We may not have a response (yet)
if (response) {
// ...or the `date`
delete response;
}
}
};
```
## MIT License
## Author
- Eric Clemmons