# Run automated tests

This example will help you implement and run automated tests with Forest Admin.\
\
A typical use case, would be to run automated test on:

* your different smart actions
* your CRUD routes

to avoid testing them manually.

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Testing CRUD routes" %}

```javascript
const axios = require('axios');
const jwt = require('jsonwebtoken');

const FOREST_AUTH_SECRET = //The content of the FOREST_AUTH_SECRET from your app
// All the informations below are base64 encoded in your JWT token.
const user = {
  id: //the id of the user to connect with,
  email: //the email of the user to connect with,
  firstName: //the first name of the user to connect with,
  lastName: //the last name of the user to connect with,
  team: //the team name (case sensitive) to connect to,
  renderingId: //the rendering ID to connect to,
  role: //the id of the role of the user
}

function getUserToken() {
  return jwt.sign(user, FOREST_AUTH_SECRET, {
    expiresIn: '30 minutes',
  });
}

async function getAddress() {  
  const forestToken = getUserToken();  
  
  const config = {
    method: 'get',
    url: 'http://localhost:3310/forest/addresses/5ff4738a2798354aa24794e7', //example url to get data
    headers: {
      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
      'Authorization': `Bearer ${forestToken}`,
    },
  };  
  
  try {
    return await axios(config); //this performs the call
  } catch(e) {
    console.log(e);
  }
}

/**
 * Here is an example about how to retrieve your data
 */
getAddress().then((address) => {
  console.log(address.data.data.attributes);
})

```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Testing smart actions" %}

```javascript
const axios = require('axios');
const jwt = require('jsonwebtoken');

const FOREST_AUTH_SECRET = //The content of the FOREST_AUTH_SECRET from your app
const user = {
  id: //the id of the user to connect with,
  email: //the email of the user to connect with,
  firstName: //the first name of the user to connect with,
  lastName: //the last name of the user to connect with,
  team: //the team name (case sensitive) to connect to,
  renderingId: //the rendering ID to connect to,
}

function getUserToken() {
  return jwt.sign(user, FOREST_AUTH_SECRET, {
    expiresIn: '30 minutes',
  });
}

function testAction() {
  const forestToken = getUserToken();
    
  const config = {
    method: 'post',
    url: 'http://localhost:3310/forest/actions/smart-action-name', // the url to call your smart action
    headers: {
      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
      'Authorization': `Bearer ${forestToken}`,
    },
    data: {
      data: {
        attributes: {
          collection_name: '', // the collection name to apply the action to
          ids: [], // the ids to apply the smart action to, in an array of string
          values: { }, // your form values if you have any with the format fieldName: value
        },
      },
    }
  };
  
  return axios(config); //this performs the call
}

/**
 * Here is an example about how to retrieve your data
 */
testAction().then((response) => {
  console.log(response);
}).catch((error) => {
  console.log(error);
});

```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

Request URL: <https://api.forestadmin.com/forest/actions/refresh-cache>


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