in progress: loginUser util for testing

server/jest/helpers/loginUser.ts

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+import request from 'supertest';
+
+const agent = request('localhost:8080');
+
+export default async function loginUser(auth: { token: any }) {
+    const onResponse = (err: any, res: any) => {
+        if (err) throw err;
+        auth.token = res.body.token;
+    }
+
+    agent.post('/auth/login')
+        .send({
+            email: "verifieduser@test.com",
+            password: "verifieduser"
+        })
+        .end(onResponse);
+
+    return auth;
+}

server/jest/tests/util/loginUser.test.ts

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+import loginUser from "../../helpers/loginUser"
+
+describe('login user', () => {
+    let auth = { token: undefined }
+    beforeAll(async () => {
+        auth = await loginUser(auth);
+    })
+
+    it('authenticates a hard-coded user', () => {
+        console.log(auth);
+        expect(auth.token).toBeDefined();
+    })
+})