freeCodeCamp/curriculum/challenges/english/06-quality-assurance/quality-assurance-and-testing-with-chai/test-for-truthiness.md

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id: 587d824b367417b2b2512c49
title: Test for Truthiness
challengeType: 2
forumTopicId: 301596
---

## Description

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As a reminder, this project is being built upon the following starter project on <a href="https://repl.it/github/freeCodeCamp/boilerplate-mochachai">Repl.it</a>, or cloned from <a href='https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/boilerplate-mochachai/'>GitHub</a>.

`isTrue()` will test for the boolean value `true` and `isNotTrue()` will pass when given anything but the boolean value of `true`.

```js
assert.isTrue(true, 'this will pass with the boolean value true');
assert.isTrue('true', 'this will NOT pass with the string value 'true');
assert.isTrue(1, 'this will NOT pass with the number value 1');
```

`isFalse()` and `isNotFalse()` also exist, and behave similarly to their true counterparts except they look for the boolean value of `false`.

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## Instructions

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Within `tests/1_unit-tests.js` under the test labelled `#4` in the `Basic Assertions` suite, change each `assert` to either `assert.isTrue` or `assert.isNotTrue` to make the test pass (should evaluate to `true`). Do not alter the arguments passed to the asserts.

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## Tests

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```yml
tests:
  - text: All tests should pass.
    testString: getUserInput => $.get(getUserInput('url') + '/_api/get-tests?type=unit&n=3').then(data => {assert.equal(data.state,'passed'); }, xhr => { throw new Error(xhr.responseText); })
  - text: You should choose the correct method for the first assertion - `isTrue` vs. `isNotTrue`.
    testString: getUserInput => $.get(getUserInput('url') + '/_api/get-tests?type=unit&n=3').then(data => {  assert.equal(data.assertions[0].method, 'isTrue', 'True is true'); }, xhr => { throw new Error(xhr.responseText); })
  - text: You should choose the correct method for the second assertion - `isTrue` vs. `isNotTrue`.
    testString: getUserInput => $.get(getUserInput('url') + '/_api/get-tests?type=unit&n=3').then(data => {  assert.equal(data.assertions[1].method, 'isTrue', 'Double negation of a truthy value is true'); }, xhr => { throw new Error(xhr.responseText); })
  - text: You should choose the correct method for the third assertion - `isTrue` vs. `isNotTrue`.
    testString: getUserInput => $.get(getUserInput('url') + '/_api/get-tests?type=unit&n=3').then(data => {  assert.equal(data.assertions[2].method, 'isNotTrue', 'A truthy object is not true - neither is a false one'); }, xhr => { throw new Error(xhr.responseText); })
```

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## Challenge Seed

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## Solution

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```js
/**
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  because they would need to be tested against a full working project. 
  Please check our contributing guidelines to learn more.
*/
```

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