How set an authenticated user in Parse tests? - parse-platform

Question

I've some tests configured for Parse, but I don't know how to set the authenticated user in Parse.Cloud.run:
it('set user authenticated', function(done) {
var user = new Parse.User({username: 'example2', password: 'example'});
user.save();
Promise.resolve()
.then(function() {
return Parse.Cloud.run('thread', { user: { id: user.id } });
})
});
So in the cloud function I've request.user.id and it throws Undefined request.user
More info: https://github.com/ParsePlatform/parse-server/issues/2488

Answer 1

There's an error in how you are using promises in your code above:
user.save();
Promise.resolve()
.then(function() {
return Parse.Cloud.run('thread', { user: { id: user.id } });
})
You don't want to use Promise.resolve().then(). You would want user.save().then()
Below are two sets of working unit test that I think exercises what you want.
This first one passes the user id as a parameter:
describe('pass parameters to cloud code', () => {
// set up the cloud code function
beforeEach(() => {
Parse.Cloud.define('thread', (request, response) => {
// just return the user id that passed in so we can test it.
response.success(request.params.user.id);
});
});
it('should pass parameters', (done) => {
const user = new Parse.User({
username: 'example2',
password: 'example'
});
user.save()
.then(() => Parse.Cloud.run('thread', { user: { id: user.id } }))
.then((result) => expect(result).toBe(user.id))
.then(done)
.catch(done.fail);
});
});
And this second set of tests shows how an authenticated user is passed to cloud code.
describe('user in cloud code unit test', () => {
beforeEach(() => {
Parse.Cloud.define('thread', (request, response) => {
const result = request.user
? request.user
: 'no user set';
response.success(result);
});
});
it('should not have a user', (done) => {
Parse.Cloud.run('thread')
.then(result => expect(result).toBe('no user set'))
.then(done)
.catch(done.fail);
});
it('should get the logged in user', (done) => {
Parse.User.signUp('Alice', 'Password', { name: 'value' })
// note that we don't have to pass the logged in user
// if there is a logged in user, it'll be in request.user
.then(() => Parse.Cloud.run('thread'))
.then(userAsResult => expect(userAsResult.get('username', 'Alice')))
.then(done)
.catch(done.fail);
});
});