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Testing Helper: testClient() (part 05) - hono-docs
Testing Helper: testClient() (part 05) Source evidence: /Sources/honojs hono/provenance.md Canonical citation: https://hono.dev/llms full.txt testclient Summ...
Testing Helper: testClient() (part 05)
Source evidence: /Sources/honojs__hono/provenance.md Canonical citation: https://hono.dev/llms-full.txt#testclient
Summary
## Content
```ts
// index.test.ts
import { Hono } from 'hono'
import { testClient } from 'hono/testing'
import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest' // Or your preferred test runner
import app from './app'
describe('Search Endpoint', () => {
// Create the test client from the app instance
const client = testClient(app)
it('should return search results', async () => {
// Include the token in the headers and set the content type
const token = 'this-is-a-very-clean-token'
const res = await client.search.$get(
{
query: { q: 'hono' },
},
{
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${token}`,
'Content-Type': `application/json`,
},
}
)
// Assertions
expect(res.status).toBe(200)
expect(await res.json()).toEqual({
query: 'hono',
results: ['result1', 'result2'],
})
})
})
Metadata
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