This is one of my routes.
const actor = await Actor.findById(req.params.id);
if(!actor) throw new Error("Actor not found");
res.render('admin/actors/edit_actor',{actor:actor});
The thing is I don't know how to test if valid actor gets returned because of render function.
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If I write the following
const actor = await Actor.findById(req.params.id);
if(!actor) throw new Error("Actor not found");
res.send({actor:actor});
I know how to test this because this actor would be in body parameters. such as:
//test
const res = await request(server).get('/actor/2');
res.body is the same as actor
So questions:
1) how do I test the first example which renders some view?
2) first example to test there's an integration test needed. and for the second example, we should write functional test. Am I right?
In an unit test you're supposed to mock your dependencies, so if you're testing your controller you should mock the req
and res
objects as well as the model. For example
import Actor from '../model/Actor';
const controller = (req, res) => {
const actor = await Actor.findById(req.params.id);
if(!actor) throw new Error("Actor not found");
res.render('admin/actors/edit_actor',{actor:actor});
}
import Actor from '../model/Actor';
jest.mock('../model/Actor');
describe('controller', () => {
const req = {
params: { id: 101 }
};
const res. = {
render: jest.fn()
};
beforeAll(() => {
Actor.findById.mockClear();
controller(req, res);
});
describe('returning an actor', () => {
beforeAll(() => {
res.render.mockClear();
Actor.findById.mockResolvedValue({
name: "Some Actor"
});
controller(req, res);
});
it('should get actor by id', () => {
expect(Actor.findById).toHaveBeenCalledWith(101);
});
it('should call res.render', () => {
expect(res.render).toHaveBeenCalledWith('admin/actors/edit_actor', { actor });
})
});
describe('not returning an actor', () => {
beforeAll(() => {
res.render.mockClear();
Actor.findById.mockResolvedValue(undefined);
controller(req, res);
});
it('should throw an Error', () => {
expect(() => controller(req, res)).toThrow(Error);
});
it('should not call res.render', () => {
expect(res.render).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
});
});
});
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