A Meteor package for setting the database to a consistent state in test.

Installation

1. Add this package to your application.

meteor add ryne:fixtures

2. Install mongo-tools on your system. This is probably bundled with the mongodb package in most distributions.

3. Add the functions to your server-only Meteor methods.

if (Meteor.isServer) {
  typeof Fixtures !== 'undefined' && Meteor.methods(Fixtures);
}

Optional: Git ignore fixtures

You might not want to track database dumps for the sake of VCS performance.

echo 'tests/fixtures/' >> .gitignore

Example Usage

Saving Fixtures

Once you have your database in the desired state:

meteor shell
> Fixtures.saveFixtures();

Applying Fixtures

beforeEach(function(done) {
  Meteor.call('loadFixtures', function() {
    // Wait for aynchronous IO to complete before running test cases.
    setTimeout(function() {
      done();
    }, 50);
  });
});

Reference

Fixtures.saveFixtures({
  *db*: (default: `<MONGO_URL database>`), a string name of the database to save,
  *name*: (default: `'default'`), a string name of the fixtures
});

Fixtures.loadFixtures({
  *db*: (default: `<MONGO_URL database>`), a string name of the database to load,
  *name*: (default: `'default'`), a string name of the fixtures
});