I have just started learning angular unit testing. However, this test on a function with http call fails. I have pin pointed the problem but however I am not being able to fix it. I know it's some simple issue
Controller
//Get data from URL
vm.getJson = function() {
var url = 'https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/new.json',
count = 0;
$http.get(url).success(function(response) {
console.log(response);
for (var i = 0; i < response.data.children.length; i++) {
vm.data.push(response.data.children[i].data);
count++;
if (count === response.data.children.length) {
vm.numberOfPages();
}
}
vm.result = true;
}).error(function(err) {
console.log(err);
});
};
Spec
//Testing the getJson function
describe('vm.getJson()', function() {
it('It should return dummy Data as response and vm.result to be truthy', function() {
var dummyData = {name: 'Umair'};
$httpBackend.whenRoute('GET','https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/new.json').respond(200, dummyData);
MainCtrl.getJson();
$httpBackend.flush();
expect(MainCtrl.result).toBeTruthy();
}); });
I don't get any errors and the test passes if I remove the loop from the controller function. The error I am getting is:
Cannot read 'Children' of undefined. From the image I have attached with the response data, children is the array.
When your test is run, $httpBackend actually intercepts the $http.get
call and assign dummyData
to the response as you indicated in
$httpBackend.whenRoute('GET','https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/new.json').respond(200, dummyData);
This mocking behavior allows your unit tests to be completed quickly without being reliant on reddit being reachable from your test machine. So in your controller, response.data = {name: 'Umair'}
and that object has no child named children
.
To fix this, for dummyData
, try mimicking the real data a bit more.