Simplify JSON assertions

Author: Ulrich Lissé

mite/api_test.go

@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ func (r *Recorder) RequestBody() []byte {
 	return r.reqBody
 }
 
+func (r *Recorder) RequestBodyCanonical() string {
+	return string(canonicalJSON(r.reqBody))
+}
+
 func (r *Recorder) ResponseContentType(contentType string) *Recorder {
 	r.resHeader.Add("Content-Type", contentType)
 	return r
@@ -106,9 +110,13 @@ func (r *Recorder) Handler() http.Handler {
 	})
 }
 
-func prettifyJson(b []byte, indent string) []byte {
+func CanonicalString(s string) string {
+	return string(canonicalJSON([]byte(s)))
+}
+
+func canonicalJSON(b []byte) []byte {
 	buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
-	err := json.Indent(buf, b, "", indent)
+	err := json.Indent(buf, b, "", "  ")
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}

mite/time_entry_test.go

@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ func TestApi_CreateTimeEntry(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "application/json", rec.RequestContentType())
 	assert.Equal(t, testUserAgent, rec.RequestUserAgent())
 	assert.Equal(t, testApiKey, rec.RequestMiteKey())
-	assert.Equal(t, timeEntryRequest, string(prettifyJson(rec.RequestBody(), "  ")))
+	assert.Equal(t, CanonicalString(timeEntryRequest), rec.RequestBodyCanonical())
 }
 
 func TestApi_EditTimeEntry(t *testing.T) {
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ func TestApi_EditTimeEntry(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "application/json", rec.RequestContentType())
 	assert.Equal(t, testUserAgent, rec.RequestUserAgent())
 	assert.Equal(t, testApiKey, rec.RequestMiteKey())
-	assert.Equal(t, timeEntryRequest, string(prettifyJson(rec.RequestBody(), "  ")))
+	assert.Equal(t, CanonicalString(timeEntryRequest), rec.RequestBodyCanonical())
 }
 
 func TestApi_DeleteTimeEntry(t *testing.T) {

mite/tracker_test.go

@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ func TestApi_StartTracker(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "application/json", rec.RequestContentType())
 	assert.Equal(t, testUserAgent, rec.RequestUserAgent())
 	assert.Equal(t, testApiKey, rec.RequestMiteKey())
-	assert.Equal(t, "{}", string(prettifyJson(rec.RequestBody(), "")))
+	assert.Equal(t, `{}`, rec.RequestBodyCanonical())
 }
 
 func TestApi_StartTracker_Running(t *testing.T) {
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ func TestApi_StartTracker_Running(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "application/json", rec.RequestContentType())
 	assert.Equal(t, testUserAgent, rec.RequestUserAgent())
 	assert.Equal(t, testApiKey, rec.RequestMiteKey())
-	assert.Equal(t, "{}", string(prettifyJson(rec.RequestBody(), "")))
+	assert.Equal(t, `{}`, rec.RequestBodyCanonical())
 }
 
 func TestApi_StopTracker(t *testing.T) {