Use TEST_DATABASE_URL for running test against a separate DB.

.travis.yml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 language: node_js
 node_js:
 - "0.10"
-env: DATABASE_URL=postgres://postgres@localhost:5432/unleash_test
+env: TEST_DATABASE_URL=postgres://postgres@localhost:5432/unleash_test
 before_script:
 - echo '--timeout 10000' > test/mocha.opts
 - psql -c 'create database unleash_test;' -U postgres

README.md

@@ -13,19 +13,22 @@ Known client implementations:
 
 ## Development
 
-### Create a local unleash-db on postgres
+### Create a local unleash databases in postgres
 
 ```bash
 $ psql postgres <<SQL
 CREATE USER unleash_user WITH PASSWORD 'passord';
 CREATE DATABASE unleash;
 GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE unleash to unleash_user;
+CREATE DATABASE unleash_test;
+GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE unleash_test to unleash_user;
 SQL
 ```
 
-Then set DATABASE_URI env var:
+Then set env vars:
 ```
 export DATABASE_URL=postgres://unleash_user:passord@localhost:5432/unleash
+export TEST_DATABASE_URL=postgres://unleash_user:passord@localhost:5432/unleash_test
 ```
 
 ### Commands
@@ -34,10 +37,13 @@ export DATABASE_URL=postgres://unleash_user:passord@localhost:5432/unleash
 // Install dependencies
 npm install
 
-// Make sure DATABASE_URL is set and run migrations in your local DB
+// Run migrations in your local DBs
 export DATABASE_URL=postgres://unleash_user:passord@localhost:5432/unleash
 ./node_modules/.bin/db-migrate up
 
+export TEST_DATABASE_URL=postgres://unleash_user:passord@localhost:5432/unleash
+./node_modules/.bin/db-migrate up
+
 // Start server in dev-mode:
 npm run dev
 
@@ -50,7 +56,6 @@ http://localhost:4242/features
 // Execute tests:
 npm test
 
-
 // Run tests with postgres running in docker:
 npm run docker-test
 ```

lib/dbPool.js

@@ -4,18 +4,35 @@ var fs     = require('fs');
 var ini    = require('ini');
 var knex   = require('knex');
 
+function isTestEnv() {
+    return process.env.NODE_ENV === 'test';
+}
+
+function getDatabaseIniUrl() {
+    // Finn specific way of delivering env variables
+    var databaseini = nconf.argv().get('databaseini');
+    var config = ini.parse(fs.readFileSync(databaseini, 'utf-8'));
+
+    logger.info('unleash started with databaseini: ' + databaseini);
+
+    return config.DATABASE_URL;
+}
+
+function getTestDatabaseUrl() {
+    if (process.env.TEST_DATABASE_URL) {
+        logger.info('unleash started with TEST_DATABASE_URL');
+        return process.env.TEST_DATABASE_URL;
+    } else {
+        throw new Error('please set TEST_DATABASE_URL');
+    }
+}
+
 function getDatabaseUrl() {
     if (process.env.DATABASE_URL) {
         logger.info('unleash started with DATABASE_URL');
-
         return process.env.DATABASE_URL;
     } else if (nconf.argv().get('databaseini') !== undefined) {
-        // Finn specific way of delivering env variables
-        var databaseini = nconf.argv().get('databaseini');
-        logger.info('unleash started with databaseini: ' + databaseini);
-        var config = ini.parse(fs.readFileSync(databaseini, 'utf-8'));
-
-        return config.DATABASE_URL;
+        return getDatabaseIniUrl();
     }
 
     throw new Error('please set DATABASE_URL or pass --databaseini');
@@ -24,7 +41,7 @@ function getDatabaseUrl() {
 function createDbPool() {
     return knex({
         client: 'pg',
-        connection: getDatabaseUrl(),
+        connection: isTestEnv() ? getTestDatabaseUrl() : getDatabaseUrl(),
         pool: {min: 2, max: 20}
     });
 }

test/specHelper.js

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ function destroyFeatures() {
 }
 
 function resetDatabase() {
-    return Promise.all([destroyStrategies(), destroyFeatures()]).then(function (values) { console.log(values); });
+    return Promise.all([destroyStrategies(), destroyFeatures()]);
 }
 
 function setupDatabase() {