feat(testlab): add createRestAppClient(), simplify usage in tests

docs/site/Implementing-features.shelved.md

@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@ Create `test/acceptance/product.acceptance.ts` with the following contents:
 ```ts
 import {HelloWorldApp} from '../..';
 import {RestBindings, RestServer} from '@loopback/rest';
-import {expect, supertest} from '@loopback/testlab';
+import {Client, expect, supertest} from '@loopback/testlab';
 
 describe('Product (acceptance)', () => {
   let app: HelloWorldApp;
-  let request: supertest.SuperTest<supertest.Test>;
+  let request: Client;
 
   before(givenEmptyDatabase);
   before(givenRunningApp);
@@ -84,13 +84,13 @@ describe('Product (acceptance)', () => {
   }
 
   async function givenRunningApp() {
-    app = new HelloWorldApp();
-    const server = await app.getServer(RestServer);
-    server.bind(RestBindings.PORT).to(0);
+    app = new HelloWorldApp({
+      rest: {
+        port: 0,
+      },
+    });
     await app.start();
-
-    const port: number = await server.get(RestBindings.PORT);
-    request = supertest(`http://127.0.0.1:${port}`);
+    request = supertest(app.restServer.url);
   }
 
   async function givenProduct(data: Object) {

docs/site/Testing-your-application.md

@@ -833,7 +833,7 @@ Here is an example of an acceptance test:
 
 ```ts
 import {HelloWorldApplication} from '../..';
-import {expect, createClientForHandler, Client} from '@loopback/testlab';
+import {Client, createRestAppClient, expect} from '@loopback/testlab';
 import {givenEmptyDatabase, givenProduct} from '../helpers/database.helpers';
 import {RestServer, RestBindings} from '@loopback/rest';
 import {testdb} from '../fixtures/datasources/testdb.datasource';
@@ -870,14 +870,16 @@ describe('Product (acceptance)', () => {
   });
 
   async function givenRunningApp() {
-    app = new HelloWorldApplication();
+    app = new HelloWorldApplication({
+      rest: {
+        port: 0,
+      },
+    });
     app.dataSource(testdb);
-    const server = await app.getServer(RestServer);
-    server.bind(RestBindings.PORT).to(0);
     await app.boot();
     await app.start();
 
-    client = createClientForHandler(server.handleHttp);
+    client = createRestAppClient(app);
   }
 });
 ```

examples/hello-world/test/acceptance/application.acceptance.ts

@@ -3,23 +3,22 @@
 // This file is licensed under the MIT License.
 // License text available at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
 
-import {createClientForHandler, expect, supertest} from '@loopback/testlab';
-import {RestServer} from '@loopback/rest';
+import {
+  Client,
+  createRestAppClient,
+  expect,
+  givenHttpServerConfig,
+} from '@loopback/testlab';
 import {HelloWorldApplication} from '../../src/application';
 
 describe('Application', () => {
   let app: HelloWorldApplication;
-  let client: supertest.SuperTest<supertest.Test>;
-  let server: RestServer;
+  let client: Client;
 
   before(givenAnApplication);
   before(async () => {
     await app.start();
-    server = await app.getServer(RestServer);
-  });
-
-  before(() => {
-    client = createClientForHandler(server.requestHandler);
+    client = createRestAppClient(app);
   });
   after(async () => {
     await app.stop();
@@ -32,9 +31,9 @@ describe('Application', () => {
 
   function givenAnApplication() {
     app = new HelloWorldApplication({
-      rest: {
+      rest: givenHttpServerConfig({
         port: 0,
-      },
+      }),
       disableConsoleLog: true,
     });
   }

examples/soap-calculator/test/acceptance/application.acceptance.ts

@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-import {supertest} from '@loopback/testlab';
+import {Client, createRestAppClient, expect} from '@loopback/testlab';
 import {SoapCalculatorApplication} from '../../src/application';
-import {expect} from '@loopback/testlab';
 
 describe('Application', function() {
   let app: SoapCalculatorApplication;
-  let client: supertest.SuperTest<supertest.Test>;
+  let client: Client;
 
   // tslint:disable-next-line:no-invalid-this
   this.timeout(30000);
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@ describe('Application', function() {
   before(async () => {
     await app.boot();
     await app.start();
-    client = supertest(app.restServer.url);
+    client = createRestAppClient(app);
   });
 
   after(async () => {

examples/todo-list/test/acceptance/todo-list-todo.acceptance.ts

@@ -3,15 +3,20 @@
 // This file is licensed under the MIT License.
 // License text available at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
 
-import {createClientForHandler, expect, supertest} from '@loopback/testlab';
+import {
+  Client,
+  createRestAppClient,
+  expect,
+  givenHttpServerConfig,
+} from '@loopback/testlab';
 import {TodoListApplication} from '../../src/application';
 import {Todo, TodoList} from '../../src/models/';
-import {TodoRepository, TodoListRepository} from '../../src/repositories/';
+import {TodoListRepository, TodoRepository} from '../../src/repositories/';
 import {givenTodo, givenTodoList} from '../helpers';
 
 describe('TodoListApplication', () => {
   let app: TodoListApplication;
-  let client: supertest.SuperTest<supertest.Test>;
+  let client: Client;
   let todoRepo: TodoRepository;
   let todoListRepo: TodoListRepository;
 
@@ -23,7 +28,7 @@ describe('TodoListApplication', () => {
   before(givenTodoRepository);
   before(givenTodoListRepository);
   before(() => {
-    client = createClientForHandler(app.requestHandler);
+    client = createRestAppClient(app);
   });
 
   beforeEach(async () => {
@@ -119,9 +124,9 @@ describe('TodoListApplication', () => {
 
   async function givenRunningApplicationWithCustomConfiguration() {
     app = new TodoListApplication({
-      rest: {
+      rest: givenHttpServerConfig({
         port: 0,
-      },
+      }),
     });
 
     await app.boot();

examples/todo-list/test/acceptance/todo-list.acceptance.ts

@@ -4,23 +4,28 @@
 // License text available at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
 
 import {EntityNotFoundError} from '@loopback/repository';
-import {createClientForHandler, expect, supertest} from '@loopback/testlab';
+import {
+  Client,
+  createRestAppClient,
+  expect,
+  givenHttpServerConfig,
+} from '@loopback/testlab';
 import {TodoListApplication} from '../../src/application';
 import {TodoList} from '../../src/models/';
 import {TodoListRepository} from '../../src/repositories/';
 import {givenTodoList} from '../helpers';
 
 describe('TodoListApplication', () => {
   let app: TodoListApplication;
-  let client: supertest.SuperTest<supertest.Test>;
+  let client: Client;
   let todoListRepo: TodoListRepository;
 
   before(givenRunningApplicationWithCustomConfiguration);
   after(() => app.stop());
 
   before(givenTodoListRepository);
   before(() => {
-    client = createClientForHandler(app.requestHandler);
+    client = createRestAppClient(app);
   });
 
   beforeEach(async () => {
@@ -140,9 +145,9 @@ describe('TodoListApplication', () => {
 
   async function givenRunningApplicationWithCustomConfiguration() {
     app = new TodoListApplication({
-      rest: {
+      rest: givenHttpServerConfig({
         port: 0,
-      },
+      }),
     });
 
     await app.boot();

examples/todo-list/test/acceptance/todo.acceptance.ts

@@ -4,23 +4,28 @@
 // License text available at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
 
 import {EntityNotFoundError} from '@loopback/repository';
-import {createClientForHandler, expect, supertest} from '@loopback/testlab';
+import {
+  Client,
+  createRestAppClient,
+  expect,
+  givenHttpServerConfig,
+} from '@loopback/testlab';
 import {TodoListApplication} from '../../src/application';
 import {Todo} from '../../src/models/';
 import {TodoRepository} from '../../src/repositories/';
 import {givenTodo} from '../helpers';
 
 describe('TodoListApplication', () => {
   let app: TodoListApplication;
-  let client: supertest.SuperTest<supertest.Test>;
+  let client: Client;
   let todoRepo: TodoRepository;
 
   before(givenRunningApplicationWithCustomConfiguration);
   after(() => app.stop());
 
   before(givenTodoRepository);
   before(() => {
-    client = createClientForHandler(app.requestHandler);
+    client = createRestAppClient(app);
   });
 
   beforeEach(async () => {
@@ -138,9 +143,9 @@ describe('TodoListApplication', () => {
 
   async function givenRunningApplicationWithCustomConfiguration() {
     app = new TodoListApplication({
-      rest: {
+      rest: givenHttpServerConfig({
         port: 0,
-      },
+      }),
     });
 
     await app.boot();

examples/todo/test/acceptance/todo.acceptance.ts

@@ -4,7 +4,12 @@
 // License text available at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
 
 import {EntityNotFoundError} from '@loopback/repository';
-import {createClientForHandler, expect, supertest} from '@loopback/testlab';
+import {
+  Client,
+  createRestAppClient,
+  expect,
+  givenHttpServerConfig,
+} from '@loopback/testlab';
 import {TodoListApplication} from '../../src/application';
 import {Todo} from '../../src/models/';
 import {TodoRepository} from '../../src/repositories/';
@@ -18,7 +23,7 @@ import {
 
 describe('TodoApplication', () => {
   let app: TodoListApplication;
-  let client: supertest.SuperTest<supertest.Test>;
+  let client: Client;
   let todoRepo: TodoRepository;
 
   let cachingProxy: HttpCachingProxy;
@@ -30,7 +35,7 @@ describe('TodoApplication', () => {
 
   before(givenTodoRepository);
   before(() => {
-    client = createClientForHandler(app.requestHandler);
+    client = createRestAppClient(app);
   });
 
   beforeEach(async () => {
@@ -170,9 +175,9 @@ describe('TodoApplication', () => {
 
   async function givenRunningApplicationWithCustomConfiguration() {
     app = new TodoListApplication({
-      rest: {
+      rest: givenHttpServerConfig({
         port: 0,
-      },
+      }),
     });
 
     await app.boot();

packages/boot/test/acceptance/controller.booter.acceptance.ts

@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@
 // This file is licensed under the MIT License.
 // License text available at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
 
-import {Client, createClientForHandler, TestSandbox} from '@loopback/testlab';
-import {RestServer} from '@loopback/rest';
+import {
+  createRestAppClient,
+  givenHttpServerConfig,
+  TestSandbox,
+} from '@loopback/testlab';
 import {resolve} from 'path';
 import {BooterApp} from '../fixtures/application';
 
@@ -22,8 +25,7 @@ describe('controller booter acceptance tests', () => {
     await app.boot();
     await app.start();
 
-    const server: RestServer = await app.getServer(RestServer);
-    const client: Client = createClientForHandler(server.requestHandler);
+    const client = createRestAppClient(app);
 
     // Default Controllers = /controllers with .controller.js ending (nested = true);
     await client.get('/one').expect(200, 'ControllerOne.one()');
@@ -38,7 +40,9 @@ describe('controller booter acceptance tests', () => {
     );
 
     const MyApp = require(resolve(SANDBOX_PATH, 'application.js')).BooterApp;
-    app = new MyApp();
+    app = new MyApp({
+      rest: givenHttpServerConfig({port: 0}),
+    });
   }
 
   async function stopApp() {

packages/cli/generators/app/templates/test/acceptance/ping.controller.acceptance.ts.ejs

@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
-import {createClientForHandler, supertest} from '@loopback/testlab';
-import {RestServer} from '@loopback/rest';
+import {
+  Client,
+  createRestAppClient,
+  givenHttpServerConfig,
+} from '@loopback/testlab';
 import {<%= project.applicationName %>} from '../..';
 
 describe('PingController', () => {
   let app: <%= project.applicationName %>;
-  let server: RestServer;
-  let client: supertest.SuperTest<supertest.Test>;
+  let client: Client;
 
   before(givenAnApplication);
 
-  before(givenARestServer);
-
   before(async () => {
     await app.boot();
     await app.start();
   });
 
   before(() => {
-    client = createClientForHandler(server.requestHandler);
+    client = createRestAppClient(app);
   });
 
   after(async () => {
@@ -30,13 +30,9 @@ describe('PingController', () => {
 
   function givenAnApplication() {
     app = new <%= project.applicationName %>({
-      rest: {
+      rest: givenHttpServerConfig({
         port: 0,
-      },
+      }),
     });
   }
-
-  async function givenARestServer() {
-    server = await app.getServer(RestServer);
-  }
 });

packages/rest/test/acceptance/bootstrapping/rest.acceptance.ts

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ describe('Starting the application', () => {
 
   it('starts an HTTP server (using RestApplication)', async () => {
     const app = new RestApplication();
-    app.bind(RestBindings.PORT).to(0);
+    app.restServer.bind(RestBindings.PORT).to(0);
     app.handler(sequenceHandler);
     await startServerCheck(app);
   });