From f803ecec55205a9f147aba0ddfda5d1d0dbe6d38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Raymond Feng <raymond@strongloop.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 11:27:39 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Make sure loopback has all properties from express

---
 lib/loopback.js       | 5 +++--
 test/loopback.test.js | 7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/loopback.js b/lib/loopback.js
index ef07bb88..ef82dae2 100644
--- a/lib/loopback.js
+++ b/lib/loopback.js
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
  * Module dependencies.
  */
 
-var express = require('./server-app');
+var express = require('express');
+var loopbackExpress = require('./server-app');
 var proto = require('./application');
 var fs = require('fs');
 var ejs = require('ejs');
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ loopback.mime = express.mime;
  */
 
 function createApplication() {
-  var app = express();
+  var app = loopbackExpress();
 
   merge(app, proto);
 
diff --git a/test/loopback.test.js b/test/loopback.test.js
index 7dd63702..1bd996ed 100644
--- a/test/loopback.test.js
+++ b/test/loopback.test.js
@@ -359,6 +359,13 @@ describe('loopback', function() {
   });
 
   describe('loopback object', function() {
+    it('inherits properties from express', function() {
+      var express = require('express');
+      for (var i in express) {
+        expect(loopback).to.have.property(i, express[i]);
+      }
+    });
+
     it('exports all built-in models', function() {
       var expectedModelNames = [
         'Email',