var mongoose = require('mongoose'); // Ensure the NODE_ENV is set to 'test', // this is helpful when you would like to change behavior when testing. process.env.NODE_ENV = 'test'; beforeEach(function (done) { function clearDB() { for (var i in mongoose.connection.collections) { mongoose.connection.collections[i].remove(function() {}); } return done(); } if (mongoose.connection.readyState === 0) { mongoose.connect('coral-talk-test', function (err) { if (err) { throw err; } return clearDB(); }); } else { return clearDB(); } }); after(function (done) { mongoose.disconnect(); return done(); });