freeCodeCamp/curriculum/challenges/english/06-information-security-and-quality-assurance/quality-assurance-and-testing-with-chai/test-if-a-value-is-a-string.english.md

id	title	challengeType
587d824d367417b2b2512c52	Test if a Value is a String	2

Description

As a reminder, this project is being built upon the following starter project on Glitch, or cloned from GitHub. #isString asserts that the actual value is a string.

Instructions

Tests

tests:
  - text: All tests should pass
    testString: 'getUserInput => $.get(getUserInput("url") + "/_api/get-tests?type=unit&n=12").then(data => { assert.equal(data.state,"passed"); }, xhr => { throw new Error(xhr.responseText); })'
  - text: Choose the right assertion - isString vs. isNotString
    testString: 'getUserInput => $.get(getUserInput("url") + "/_api/get-tests?type=unit&n=12").then(data => {  assert.equal(data.assertions[0].method, "isNotString", "A float number is not a string"); }, xhr => { throw new Error(xhr.responseText); })'
  - text: Choose the right assertion - isString vs. isNotString
    testString: 'getUserInput => $.get(getUserInput("url") + "/_api/get-tests?type=unit&n=12").then(data => {  assert.equal(data.assertions[1].method, "isString", "environment vars are strings (or undefined)"); }, xhr => { throw new Error(xhr.responseText); })'
  - text: Choose the right assertion - isString vs. isNotString
    testString: 'getUserInput => $.get(getUserInput("url") + "/_api/get-tests?type=unit&n=12").then(data => {  assert.equal(data.assertions[2].method, "isString", "A JSON is a string"); }, xhr => { throw new Error(xhr.responseText); })'

Challenge Seed

Solution

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