I need some help understanding how one can test an application using React
Context
.
Here's my sample setup.
context.js
import React from 'react'
export const AppContext = React.createContext()
App.js
import React from 'react'
import MyComponent from './MyComponent'
import {AppContext} from './context'
const App extends React.Component {
state = {
items: []
}
handleItemAdd = newItem => {
const {items} = this.state
items.push(newItem)
this.setState(items)
}
render() {
return (
<AppContext.Provider value={{
addItem: this.handleItemAdd
}}>
<MyComponent />
</AppContext.Provider>
)
}
}
export default App
MyComponent.js
import React from 'react'
import {AppContext} from './context'
const MyComponent extends React.Component {
render() {
return (
<AppContext.Consumer>
{addItem =>
<button onClick={() => addItem('new item')}>
Click me
</button>
}
</AppContext.Consumer>
)
}
}
export default MyComponent
This is a simplified example. Imagine that there are more layers between App
and MyComponent
, hence the use of React
Context
.
And here's my test file for MyComponent
.
MyComponent.test.js
import React from 'react'
import {render, fireEvent} from 'react-testing-library'
test('component handles button click', () => {
const {getByText} = render(
<MyComponent />
)
const button = getByText('Click me')
fireEvent.click(button)
expect...?
}
The thing is, AppContext.Consumer
is part of the implementation of MyComponent
, so in this test I don't have direct access to it. How do I mock AppContext.Consumer
so I am actually able to verify that clicking a button fires a function call?
I know that in theory I can test this by rendering MyComponent
in my App
, but I want to write a unit test for MyComponent
only.