javascript - How can I make a POST request from a Protractor test?

Question

I would like to make a POST request (with JSON payload) to a database server prior to running a Protractor test, in order to inject test data. How can I do this, if at all possible?

Answer 1

You can just use another library to run the POST request if you just want to populate your database.

For example, you can use superagent in your beforeEach like so:

var request = require( "superagent" );

describe( "Something", function() {

  beforeEach( function( done ) {
    request
      .post( "http://localhost/api/foo" )
      .send( {data : "something"} )
      .end( done );
  } );

} );