literal-http-status

A literal HTTP status code mapper for BDD style testing



I wrote this module after finding that I needed to map human-readable text
when using cucumber.js in my testing.

For example for this test:

``gherkin
When I make a request to /endpoint
Then it should return Unavailable For Legal Reasons
`

`javascript
const { Then } = require('cucumber');
const { expect } = require('chai');
const HTTPStatus = require('literal-http-status');

When(/^I make a request to (\/.*)$/, function(endpoint, callback) {
this.response = / Make a request to endpoint /
callback();
};

Then(/^it should return (.*)$/, function(status, callback) {
// status === 'Unavailable For Legal Reasons'
expect(this.response.statusCode).to.equal(HTTPStatus[status]);
callback();
}
`

You no longer need to do any text wrangling when using cucumber.js. It also
affords you the ability to write better gherkin files that don't use
SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE to denote HTTP Status code assertions.

This:

` Then it should return NOT_FOUND `

Becomes:

` Then it should return Not Found ``