Asserting function calls inside a promise

Question

I'm writing some tests for an async node.js function which returns a promise using the Mocha, Chai and Sinon libraries.
Let's say this is my function:

function foo(params) {
  return (
    mkdir(params)
    .then(dir => writeFile(dir))
  )
}

mkdir & writeFile are both async functions which return promises.
I need to test that mkdir is being called once with the params given to foo .

How can I do this?
I've seen quite a few examples on how to assert the overall return value of foo ( sinon-as-promised is super helpful for that) but non about how to make sure individual functions are being called inside the promise.

Maybe I'm overlooking something and this is not the right way to go?

Answer 1

mkdir isn't called asynchronously here, so it's rather trivial to test:

mkdir = sinon.stub().resolves("test/dir")
foo(testparams)
assert(mkdir.calledOnce)
assert(mkdir.calledWith(testparams))
…

If you want to test that writeFile was called, that's only slightly more complicated - we have to wait for the promise returned by foo before asserting:

… // mdir like above
writeFile = sinon.stub().resolves("result")
return foo(testparams).then(r => {
    assert.strictEqual(r, "result")
    assert(writeFile.calledOnce)
    assert(writeFile.calledWith("test/dir"))
    …
})

Answer 2

You can mock the mkdir function then use setTimeout to check whether or not this function is called.

describe('foo', () => {
  it('should call mkdir', () => {
    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
      let originalFunction = mkdir;
      let timer = setTimeout(() => {
        reject(`mkdir has not been called`);
      });
      mkdir = (...params) => new Promise(mkdirResolve => {
        //restore the original method as soon as it is invoked
        mkdir = originalMethod;
        clearTimeout(timer);
        mkdirResolve(someExpectedData);
        resolve();
      });
      foo(params);
    });
  });
});