app.render.js

var express = require('../');

describe('app', function(){
  describe('.render(name, fn)', function(){
    it('should support absolute paths', function(done){
      var app = express();

      app.locals.user = { name: 'tobi' };

      app.render(__dirname + '/fixtures/user.jade', function(err, str){
        if (err) return done(err);
        str.should.equal('<p>tobi</p>');
        done();
      })
    })

    it('should support absolute paths with "view engine"', function(done){
      var app = express();

      app.set('view engine', 'jade');
      app.locals.user = { name: 'tobi' };

      app.render(__dirname + '/fixtures/user', function(err, str){
        if (err) return done(err);
        str.should.equal('<p>tobi</p>');
        done();
      })
    })

    it('should expose app.locals', function(done){
      var app = express();

      app.set('views', __dirname + '/fixtures');
      app.locals.user = { name: 'tobi' };

      app.render('user.jade', function(err, str){
        if (err) return done(err);
        str.should.equal('<p>tobi</p>');
        done();
      })
    })

    it('should support index.<engine>', function(done){
      var app = express();

      app.set('views', __dirname + '/fixtures');
      app.set('view engine', 'jade');

      app.render('blog/post', function(err, str){
        if (err) return done(err);
        str.should.equal('<h1>blog post</h1>');
        done();
      })
    })

    describe('when the file does not exist', function(){
      it('should provide a helpful error', function(done){
        var app = express();
        app.set('views', __dirname + '/fixtures');
        app.render('rawr.jade', function(err){
          err.message.should.equal('Failed to lookup view "rawr.jade" in views directory "' + __dirname + '/fixtures"');
          done();
        });
      })
    })

    describe('when an error occurs', function(){
      it('should invoke the callback', function(done){
        var app = express();

        app.set('views', __dirname + '/fixtures');

        app.render('user.jade', function(err, str){
          // nextTick to prevent cyclic
          process.nextTick(function(){
            err.message.should.match(/user is not defined/);
            done();
          });
        })
      })
    })

    describe('when an extension is given', function(){
      it('should render the template', function(done){
        var app = express();

        app.set('views', __dirname + '/fixtures');

        app.render('email.jade', function(err, str){
          if (err) return done(err);
          str.should.equal('<p>This is an email</p>');
          done();
        })
      })
    })

    describe('when "view engine" is given', function(){
      it('should render the template', function(done){
        var app = express();

        app.set('view engine', 'jade');
        app.set('views', __dirname + '/fixtures');

        app.render('email', function(err, str){
          if (err) return done(err);
          str.should.equal('<p>This is an email</p>');
          done();
        })
      })
    })

    describe('when a "view" constructor is given', function(){
      it('should create an instance of it', function(done){
        var app = express();

        function View(name, options){
          this.name = name;
          this.path = 'path is required by application.js as a signal of success even though it is not used there.';
        }

        View.prototype.render = function(options, fn){
          fn(null, 'abstract engine');
        };

        app.set('view', View);

        app.render('something', function(err, str){
          if (err) return done(err);
          str.should.equal('abstract engine');
          done();
        })
      })
    })
  })

  describe('.render(name, options, fn)', function(){
    it('should render the template', function(done){
      var app = express();

      app.set('views', __dirname + '/fixtures');

      var user = { name: 'tobi' };

      app.render('user.jade', { user: user }, function(err, str){
        if (err) return done(err);
        str.should.equal('<p>tobi</p>');
        done();
      })
    })

    it('should expose app.locals', function(done){
      var app = express();

      app.set('views', __dirname + '/fixtures');
      app.locals.user = { name: 'tobi' };

      app.render('user.jade', {}, function(err, str){
        if (err) return done(err);
        str.should.equal('<p>tobi</p>');
        done();
      })
    })

    it('should give precedence to app.render() locals', function(done){
      var app = express();

      app.set('views', __dirname + '/fixtures');
      app.locals.user = { name: 'tobi' };
      var jane = { name: 'jane' };

      app.render('user.jade', { user: jane }, function(err, str){
        if (err) return done(err);
        str.should.equal('<p>jane</p>');
        done();
      })
    })
  })
})