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Route Tester

Tests authenticated routes in your project using cookie-based JWT authentication, enabling validation of API endpoints, route functionality, and debugging of authentication issues.

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Route Tester

Comprehensive testing framework for authenticated API routes using cookie-based JWT authentication, with patterns for validation, debugging, and ensuring route functionality works correctly in development and production.

Essential for testing Express.js APIs with JWT authentication and debugging authentication flows.

Core Purpose

This skill provides testing patterns for:

  • Authenticated Routes: Test endpoints requiring JWT tokens
  • Cookie-Based Auth: Handle cookie authentication flows
  • Route Validation: Verify endpoint behavior and responses
  • Mock Authentication: Test without full auth setup
  • Debugging Tools: Identify authentication issues
  • Integration Testing: End-to-end API testing

Key Features

API Testing Patterns

Authentication Testing:

  • JWT token generation
  • Cookie-based authentication
  • Mock user sessions
  • Token refresh flows

Route Validation:

  • Request/response validation
  • Status code verification
  • Error handling testing
  • Edge case coverage

Debugging Tools:

  • Authentication flow tracing
  • Cookie inspection
  • Token validation
  • Error diagnostics

Test Organization:

  • Test script patterns
  • Setup and teardown
  • Test data management
  • Assertion libraries

Use Cases

Perfect for:

  • API Testing: Validate Express.js routes
  • Auth Debugging: Troubleshoot JWT issues
  • Integration Tests: End-to-end API testing
  • CI/CD Pipelines: Automated route testing
  • Development: Quick route validation

Getting Started

  1. Set Up Tests: Create test scripts for routes
  2. Configure Auth: Set up JWT mock authentication
  3. Write Tests: Validate route behavior
  4. Run Tests: Execute and verify results
  5. Debug Issues: Use debugging patterns

Technology Stack

  • Express.js routes
  • JWT authentication
  • Cookie-based sessions
  • Testing frameworks
  • Mock authentication

Credits

Created by diet103 as part of the Claude Code Infrastructure Showcase, developed from practical experience testing complex authenticated microservices.

Production-tested patterns from 6 months of managing TypeScript microservices, shared after the viral "Claude Code is a Beast" Reddit post.