How to export node express app for chai-http

I have an express app with a few endpoints and am currently testing it using mocha, chai, and chai-http. This was working fine until I added logic for a pooled mongo connection, and started building endpoints that depended on a DB connection. Basically, before I import my API routes and start the app, I want to make sure I'm connected to mongo.

My problem is that I'm having trouble understanding how I can export my app for chai-http but also make sure there is a DB connection before testing any endpoints.

Here, I am connecting to mongo, then in a callback applying my API and starting the app. The problem with this example is that my tests will start before a connection to the database is made, and before any endpoints are defined. I could move app.listen and api(app) outside of the MongoPool.connect() callback, but then I still have the problem of there being no DB connection when tests are running, so my endpoints will fail.

server.js

import express from 'express';
import api from './api';
import MongoPool from './lib/MongoPool';
let app = express();
let port = process.env.PORT || 3000;
MongoPool.connect((err, success) => {
    if (err) throw err;
    if (success) {
        console.log("Connected to db.")
        // apply express router endpoints to app
        api(app);
        app.listen(port, () => {
            console.log(`App listening on port ${port}`);
        })
    } else {
        throw "Couldnt connect to db";
    }

})
export default app;

How can I test my endpoints using chai-http while making sure there is a pooled connection before tests are actually executed? It feels dirty writing my application in a way that conforms to the tests I'm using. Is this a design problem with my pool implementation? Is there a better way to test my endpoints with chai-http?

Here is the test I'm running

test.js

let chai = require('chai');
let chaiHttp = require('chai-http');
let server = require('../server').default;;
let should = chai.should();


chai.use(chaiHttp);
//Our parent block
describe('Forecast', () => {
/*
  * Test the /GET route
  */
  describe('/GET forecast', () => {
      it('it should GET the forecast', (done) => {
        chai.request(server)
            .get('/api/forecast?type=grid&lat=39.2667&long=-81.5615')
            .end((err, res) => {
                res.should.have.status(200);
              done();
            });
      });
  });

});

And this is the endpoint I'm testing

/api/forecast.js

import express from 'express';
import MongoPool from '../lib/MongoPool';
let router = express.Router();
let db = MongoPool.db();

router.get('/forecast', (req, res) => {
    // do something with DB here
})

export default router;

Thank you for any help

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