match

A JavaScript library to test JSON with some nice features.

It is built to test REST API endpoints but, of course, you can use it to whatever you want.

Install

npm install match-json

But, what it does?

Of course, match JSON objects.

You can compare primitives.

// Numbers
match(3.1415, 3.1415) // => true
//Strings
match('Uno Dos Tres', 'Uno Dos Tres') // => true
// Booleans
match(false, false) // => true
// And with undefined and null values
match(undefined, undefined) // => true
match(null, null)  // => true

And structures (objects and arrays).

match({ name: 'Link', color: 'green' }, { name: 'Link', color: 'green' }) // => true
match([ 'deku', 'goron', 'zora' ], [ 'deku', 'goron', 'zora' ]) // => true

But the nice part starts here

You can match using functions

// Yeah, with functions!
match({ name: 'Samus' }, hero => hero.name.length >= 5) // => true

And regular expressions

// Yeah, with RegExp too!
match('Kvothe', /K.ot.*e?/) // => true

And everything together!

match({
        name: { first: 'Walter', last: 'White' },
        age: 51
      },
      {
        name: { first: /[\w]*/, last: 'White' },
        age: age => age > 18
      }); // => YEAH, true!

Bake

Also, you can also predefine an expected pattern.

const nameIsLarge = match.bake({ name: name => name.length > 10  })
nameIsLarge('Tom') // => false :(
nameIsLarge('Tooooooooom') // => true :D

Signatures

Match

• match( a : T, b : T ) : boolean
• match( a : T, test : RegExp ) : boolean
• match( a : T, test : PredicateFunction ) : boolean

Bake

• bake( a: T ) : PredicateFunction

( where PredicateFunction = ( w : T ) : boolean )

Notes

• Is worth to mention that you only can use JSON-data as the first argument of the function. Not functions or RegExp.
• I made this for test my API endpoints, thats why it only acepts to test JSON data.

Contribution

Feel free to open an issue and/or make a PR if you found a bug or think in a way this lib or even the README can be improved.

License

MIT