Checking the value in the array javascript

Question

I am doing some API testing.

I am trying to check the name from the API response.

The API response is presenting data in an array.

I am checking if the name activeadmin exists however I am getting back an error The Repository activeadmin exists | AssertionError: expected 'pineapple' to deeply equal 'activeadmin'

I dont understand why its checking the second name value in the array rather then the first one?

Here is my code

let jsonData = pm.response.json()

pm.test('The Repository activeadmin exists', () => {
    _.each(jsonData, (item) => {
        pm.expect(item.name).to.eql('activeadmin')
    })
})

I have tried using item[0].name but this comes back with error name is undefined

Below is the API Response

   [
{
"id": 2847287348,
"node_id": "sdhjaskdhkjasdhjashd",
"name": "activeadmin",
"full_name": "apple/activeadmin",
"private": false
   },
 {
"id": 2847287348,
"node_id": "sdhjaskdhkjasdhjashd",
"name": "pineapple",
"full_name": "apple/activeadmin",
"private": false
 },
 {
"id": 2847287348,
"node_id": "sdhjaskdhkjasdhjashd",
"name": "orange",
"full_name": "apple/activeadmin",
"private": false
 } ]

Answer 1

The code works correct. It's iterating through every element of the response. You are using _.each where I guess it takes the 0, the 1, etc.

So it crashes when it goes into the second element which clearly doesn't have your specified name.

You should access your jsonData[0] element's name.

You can implement the test functionality in a different function an apply it on jsonData[0].

If this doesn't work for you, provide us with information about the test function and the pm object.

Answer 2

Everything is working as expected. Problem is that whenever you call pm.expect it will check if the name is 'activeadmin' . Since you have an array of values it will fail the test soon as it fails the first time. To fix this I would suggest the following code:

let jsonData = pm.response.json()

pm.test('The Repository activeadmin exists', () => {
    let activeAdminExists = false
    _.each(jsonData, (item) => {
        if(item.name == 'activeadmin'){
             activeAdminExists = true
        }
    });
    pm.expect(activeAdminExists ).to.eql(true)
})