How I can test in jest error case?
This is what I do:
I don't know if exist a method how to test this.
it ('the fetch fails and throw an error', async () => {
let response = {
status: 400,
body:
{
base : "RON",
date: "2019-08-01",
rates: {"error": 'error'}
}
};
fetch.mockReject(response)
try {
await fetchData();
} catch (e) {
expect(e).toEqual(response);
expect(await fetchData()).rejects.toThrow(e);
}
});
This is the code:
fetchData = async () => {
try {
const response = await fetch('https://api.exo/latest?base=RON');
const data = await response.json();
return data;
} catch (e) {
throw e;
}
};
expect.assertions to the rescue
it ('the fetch fails and throw an error', async () => {
jest.assertions(1);
let response = {
status: 400,
body: {
base : "RON",
date: "2019-08-01",
rates: {"error": 'error'}
}
};
fetch.mockReject(response)
try {
await fetchData();
} catch (e) {
expect(e).toEqual(response);
}
});
Test will fail once no exception is thrown. It has advantages over expect().toThrown
:
- you don't have to return Promise in your
it()
to make it work
- it's easier to assert several related exceptions or sequential actions failed
- it's easier to run partial matching over error caught(say with
expect(e).toMatchObject({})
to skip some data you don't care about in current test case)
As for disadvantages - you have to update number manually after adding new assertions
You can do it in the following way:
async function throws () {
throw new Error('error')
}
test('promise throws', async () => {
await expect(throws()).rejects.toThrow()
})
test('the fetch fails with an error', async () => {
await expect(throws()).rejects.toThrow('error');
});
test('the fetch fails with an error', () => {
return expect(throws()).rejects.toMatch('error');
});
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