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undefined $scope variable inside function in jasmine test

I recently started to learn unit test for angular apps. And already faced up with problem. I can not take scope variable from inside executed function. Here is my factory code
angular.module('app').factory('AuthenticationService', AuthenticationService);
AuthenticationService.$inject = ['$http'];
function AuthenticationService($http) {
var service = {};
service.login = login;
return service;
function login(data, callback) {
$http({
method: 'POST',
url: CONFIG.getUrl('auth/login'),
data: data
}).then(function (response) {
callback(response);
}, function (error) {
callback(error);
});
}
Part of my controller file. I only yet wan to test login function
function AuthCtrl($scope, $location, AuthenticationService) {
var vm = this;
vm.login = login;
vm.dataLogin = {
user_id: '',
password: '',
};
function login() {
vm.dataLoading = true;
AuthenticationService.login(vm.dataLogin, function (response) {
if (response.status == 200) {
if (response.data.error_code == 'auth.credentials.invalid') {
vm.invalidCredentials = true;
} else {
vm.invalidCredentials = false;
if (response.data.session_state == 'otp_required') {
vm.userNumber = response.data.user_phone;
$localStorage['session_token'] = response.data.session_token;
vm.needForm = 'someForm';
} else {
AuthenticationService.setCredentials(response.data);
$state.go('dashboard');
}
vm.dataLoading = false;
}
}
});
}
}
});
And my spec.js
describe('AuthCtrl, ', function() {
var $scope, ctrl;
var authSrvMock;
var mockJson = {
user_id: '001',
session_token: 'some_token'
};
var mockLoginData = {
user_id: '0000102',
password: '123456'
};
var mockResponseData = {
data: {
"session_expires": 1453822506,
"session_state": "otp_required",
"session_token": "tokennnn",
"status": "success",
"user_id": "0000102",
"user_phone": "+7 (XXX) XXX-XX-89"
},
status: 200
};
beforeEach(function () {
authSrvMock = jasmine.createSpyObj('AuthenticationService', ['login', 'logout']);
module('app');
inject(function ($rootScope, $controller, $q) {
$scope = $rootScope.$new();
authSrvMock.login.and.returnValue(mockResponseData);
ctrl = $controller('AuthCtrl', {
$scope: $scope,
AuthenticationService: authSrvMock
});
});
});
it('should call login function and pass to dashboard', function () {
ctrl.login();
expect(authSrvMock.login).toHaveBeenCalled();
// until this everything works here just fine
});
});
But after I want to test vm.invalidCredentials, if I will write
expect(ctrl.invalidCredentials).toBe(false)
I will get the error
Expected undefined to be false.
Why I can't see variables?

Bit of a noob myself at Jasmine, but I'm guessing it's because you need to get the promise from your login() to return in Jasmine.
Look into using $q.defer(), or even $httpBackend.

After some more digging process and experiments I found solution.
Here what I did
(function () {
'use strict';
describe('AuthCtrl', function () {
var controller, scope, myService, q, deferred, ctrl;
var mockResponseData = {
response1: {
//...
},
response2: {
//...
},
response3: {
//...
}
};
beforeEach(module('app'));
beforeEach(inject(function ($controller, $rootScope, $q, $httpBackend, AuthenticationService) {
function mockHttp(data, callback) {
deferred = $q.defer();
deferred.promise.then(function (response) {
callback(response);
}, function (error) {
callback(error);
});
}
controller = $controller;
scope = $rootScope.$new();
myService = AuthenticationService;
q = $q;
myService.login = mockHttp;
}));
describe('when returning promises', function () {
beforeEach(function () {
ctrl = controller('AuthCtrl', {
$scope: scope,
myService: myService
});
ctrl.initController();
});
it('shows another form to validate login process', function () {
ctrl.login();
deferred.resolve(mockResponseData.response1);
scope.$digest();
expect(ctrl.invalidCredentials).toBe(false);
expect(ctrl.needForm).toEqual('2sAuth');
expect(ctrl.dataLoading).toBe(false);
});
});
});
})();
Since in my factory almost every method requires data and callback I've created mockHttp functions which takes those arguments and deferred promise. In it block I simply call need function, resolve promise with my prepared answers mock and check my expectations. Everything work. Thanks to for aiming in wich way to look

Jasmine test using spyon with $httpBackend not working

I am trying to write a jasmine test on some javascript using spyon over a method that uses $http. I have mocked this out using $httpBackend and unfortunately the spy doesn't seem to be picking up the fact the method has indeed been called post $http useage. I can see it being called in debug, so unsure why it reports it hasn't been called. I suspect I have a problem with my scope usage ? or order of $httpBackend.flush\verify ?:
Code under test
function FileUploadController($scope, $http, SharedData, uploadViewModel) {
Removed variables for brevity
.....
$scope.pageLoad = function () {
$scope.getPeriods();
if ($scope.uploadViewModel != null && $scope.uploadViewModel.UploadId > 0) {
$scope.rulesApplied = true;
$scope.UploadId = $scope.uploadViewModel.UploadId;
$scope.linkUploadedData();
} else {
$scope.initDataLinkages();
}
}
$scope.initDataLinkages = function () {
$http({ method: "GET", url: "/api/uploadhistory" }).
success(function (data, status) {
$scope.status = status;
$scope.setUploadHistory(data);
}).
error(function (data, status) {
$scope.data = data || "Request failed";
$scope.status = status;
});
}
$scope.setUploadHistory = function (data) {
if ($scope.UploadId > 0) {
$scope.currentUpload = data.filter(function (item) {
return item.UploadId === $scope.UploadId;
})[0];
//Remove the current upload, to prevent scaling the same data!
var filteredData = data.filter(function (item) {
return item.UploadId !== $scope.UploadId;
});
var defaultOption = {
UploadId: -1,
Filename: 'this file',
TableName: null,
DateUploaded: null
};
$scope.UploadHistory = filteredData;
$scope.UploadHistory.splice(0, 0, defaultOption);
$scope.UploadHistoryId = -1;
$scope.UploadTotal = $scope.currentUpload.TotalAmount;
} else {
$scope.UploadHistory = data;
}
}
Test setup
beforeEach(module('TDAnalytics'));
beforeEach(inject(function (_$rootScope_, $controller, _$httpBackend_) {
$rootScope = _$rootScope_;
$scope = $rootScope.$new();
$httpBackend = _$httpBackend_;
var sharedData = { currentBucket: { ID: 1 } };
controller = $controller('FileUploadController', { $scope: $scope, SharedData: sharedData, uploadViewModel: null });
$httpBackend.when('GET', '/api/Periods').respond(periods);
$httpBackend.when('GET', '/api/uploadhistory').respond(uploadHistory);
$scope.mappingData = {
FieldMappings: [testDescriptionRawDataField, testSupplierRawDataField],
UserFields: [testDescriptionUserField, testSupplierUserField]
};
}));
afterEach(function() {
testDescriptionRawDataField.UserFields = [];
testSupplierRawDataField.UserFields = [];
testTotalRawDataField.UserFields = [];
$httpBackend.flush();
$httpBackend.verifyNoOutstandingExpectation();
$httpBackend.verifyNoOutstandingRequest();
});
Working test:
it('pageLoad should call linkUploadedData when user has navigated to the page via the Data Upload History and uploadViewModel.UploadId is set', function () {
// Arrange
spyOn($scope, 'linkUploadedData');
$scope.uploadViewModel = {UploadId: 1};
// Act
$scope.pageLoad();
// Assert
expect($scope.rulesApplied).toEqual(true);
expect($scope.linkUploadedData.calls.count()).toEqual(1);
});
Test that doesn't work (but should. returns count-0 but is called)
it('pageLoad should call setUploadHistory when data returned successfully', function () {
// Arrange
spyOn($scope, 'setUploadHistory');
// Act
$scope.initDataLinkages();
// Assert
expect($scope.setUploadHistory.calls.count()).toEqual(1);
});

The issue is you call httpBackend.flush() after the expect, which means success is called after you do your tests. You must flush before the expect statement.
it('pageLoad should call setUploadHistory when data returned successfully',
inject(function ($httpBackend, $rootScope) {
// Arrange
spyOn($scope, 'setUploadHistory');
// Act
$scope.initDataLinkages();
$httpBackend.flush();
$rootScope.$digest()
// Assert
expect($scope.setUploadHistory.calls.count()).toEqual(1);
}));
You may need to remove the flush statement from after your tests, but it probably should not be there anyway because usually it's a core part of testing behaviour and should be before expect statements.

Angular Testing - promise not returning data

I can't see why vm.chartData in my HomeCtrl never gets populated with the data i've mocked to it in the beforeEach(). the console.log(scope.vm.chartData) returns undefined even while the other scope vars like graphLoading are defined and changed properly.
describe('HomeCtrl', function () {
var controller, scope, myService, q, $timeout;
beforeEach(module('dashboardApp'));
beforeEach(inject(function ($controller, $rootScope, $q, _$timeout_) {
controller = $controller;
scope = $rootScope.$new();
$timeout = _$timeout_;
myService = jasmine.createSpyObj('Chart', ['get']);
q = $q;
}));
describe('when returning promises', function () {
beforeEach(function () {
myService.get.and.returnValue(q.when( { result:
'Stuff'
}));
controller('HomeCtrl as vm', { $scope: scope, Chart: myService });
scope.$apply();
});
it('test dirty graph init', function () {
expect(scope.vm.graphLoading).toBe(true);
scope.vm.dirtyTestGraph();
scope.$digest();
$timeout.flush();
expect(scope.vm.graphLoading).toBe(false);
console.log(scope.vm.chartData);
});
});
});
relevent code from homectrl
vm.dirtyTestGraph = function() {
vm.graphTitle = 'Deposit Amount';
$timeout(function(){
Chart.get( { interval:'3h', type:'_type:deposit',
from:1416960000000, to:Date.now() } )
.then(function(chart){
vm.graphLoading = false;
vm.chartData = chart.data;
});
}, 2000);
};
and here is the return value of Chart.get in the Chart factory
return $q.all([chartData])
.then(function(data){
var graphData = data[0].data.facets[0].entries;
var newData = [];
graphData.forEach(function(element){
var newElem = {
time: element.time,
deposits: element.total.toFixed(2)
};
newData.push(newElem);
});
return new Chart(newData);
});

Your controller code is looking for a data property in the object within the promise returned by Chart.get:
vm.chartData = chart.data;
But your test's stub is returning an object without a data property:
myService.get.and.returnValue(q.when({
result: 'Stuff'
}));
So vm.chartData gets assigned with undefined.

How do I mock a service that returns promise in AngularJS Jasmine unit test?

I have myService that uses myOtherService, which makes a remote call, returning promise:
angular.module('app.myService', ['app.myOtherService'])
.factory('myService', [
myOtherService,
function(myOtherService) {
function makeRemoteCall() {
return myOtherService.makeRemoteCallReturningPromise();
}
return {
makeRemoteCall: makeRemoteCall
};
}
])
To make a unit test for myService I need to mock myOtherService, such that its makeRemoteCallReturningPromise method returns a promise. This is how I do it:
describe('Testing remote call returning promise', function() {
var myService;
var myOtherServiceMock = {};
beforeEach(module('app.myService'));
// I have to inject mock when calling module(),
// and module() should come before any inject()
beforeEach(module(function ($provide) {
$provide.value('myOtherService', myOtherServiceMock);
}));
// However, in order to properly construct my mock
// I need $q, which can give me a promise
beforeEach(inject(function(_myService_, $q){
myService = _myService_;
myOtherServiceMock = {
makeRemoteCallReturningPromise: function() {
var deferred = $q.defer();
deferred.resolve('Remote call result');
return deferred.promise;
}
};
}
// Here the value of myOtherServiceMock is not
// updated, and it is still {}
it('can do remote call', inject(function() {
myService.makeRemoteCall() // Error: makeRemoteCall() is not defined on {}
.then(function() {
console.log('Success');
});
}));
As you can see from the above, the definition of my mock depends on $q, which I have to load using inject(). Furthermore, injecting the mock should be happening in module(), which should be coming before inject(). However, the value for the mock is not updated once I change it.
What is the proper way to do this?

I'm not sure why the way you did it doesn't work, but I usually do it with the spyOn function. Something like this:
describe('Testing remote call returning promise', function() {
var myService;
beforeEach(module('app.myService'));
beforeEach(inject( function(_myService_, myOtherService, $q){
myService = _myService_;
spyOn(myOtherService, "makeRemoteCallReturningPromise").and.callFake(function() {
var deferred = $q.defer();
deferred.resolve('Remote call result');
return deferred.promise;
});
}
it('can do remote call', inject(function() {
myService.makeRemoteCall()
.then(function() {
console.log('Success');
});
}));
Also remember that you will need to make a $digest call for the then function to be called. See the Testing section of the $q documentation.
------EDIT------
After looking closer at what you're doing, I think I see the problem in your code. In the beforeEach, you're setting myOtherServiceMock to a whole new object. The $provide will never see this reference. You just need to update the existing reference:
beforeEach(inject( function(_myService_, $q){
myService = _myService_;
myOtherServiceMock.makeRemoteCallReturningPromise = function() {
var deferred = $q.defer();
deferred.resolve('Remote call result');
return deferred.promise;
};
}

We can also write jasmine's implementation of returning promise directly by spy.
spyOn(myOtherService, "makeRemoteCallReturningPromise").andReturn($q.when({}));
For Jasmine 2:
spyOn(myOtherService, "makeRemoteCallReturningPromise").and.returnValue($q.when({}));
(copied from comments, thanks to ccnokes)

describe('testing a method() on a service', function () {
var mock, service
function init(){
return angular.mock.inject(function ($injector,, _serviceUnderTest_) {
mock = $injector.get('service_that_is_being_mocked');;
service = __serviceUnderTest_;
});
}
beforeEach(module('yourApp'));
beforeEach(init());
it('that has a then', function () {
//arrange
var spy= spyOn(mock, 'actionBeingCalled').and.callFake(function () {
return {
then: function (callback) {
return callback({'foo' : "bar"});
}
};
});
//act
var result = service.actionUnderTest(); // does cleverness
//assert
expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalled();
});
});

You can use a stubbing library like sinon to mock your service. You can then return $q.when() as your promise. If your scope object's value comes from the promise result, you will need to call scope.$root.$digest().
var scope, controller, datacontextMock, customer;
beforeEach(function () {
module('app');
inject(function ($rootScope, $controller,common, datacontext) {
scope = $rootScope.$new();
var $q = common.$q;
datacontextMock = sinon.stub(datacontext);
customer = {id:1};
datacontextMock.customer.returns($q.when(customer));
controller = $controller('Index', { $scope: scope });
})
});
it('customer id to be 1.', function () {
scope.$root.$digest();
expect(controller.customer.id).toBe(1);
});

using sinon :
const mockAction = sinon.stub(MyService.prototype,'actionBeingCalled')
.returns(httpPromise(200));
Known that, httpPromise can be :
const httpPromise = (code) => new Promise((resolve, reject) =>
(code >= 200 && code <= 299) ? resolve({ code }) : reject({ code, error:true })
);

Honestly.. you are going about this the wrong way by relying on inject to mock a service instead of module. Also, calling inject in a beforeEach is an anti-pattern as it makes mocking difficult on a per test basis.
Here is how I would do this...
module(function ($provide) {
// By using a decorator we can access $q and stub our method with a promise.
$provide.decorator('myOtherService', function ($delegate, $q) {
$delegate.makeRemoteCallReturningPromise = function () {
var dfd = $q.defer();
dfd.resolve('some value');
return dfd.promise;
};
});
});
Now when you inject your service it will have a properly mocked method for usage.

I found that useful, stabbing service function as sinon.stub().returns($q.when({})):
this.myService = {
myFunction: sinon.stub().returns( $q.when( {} ) )
};
this.scope = $rootScope.$new();
this.angularStubs = {
myService: this.myService,
$scope: this.scope
};
this.ctrl = $controller( require( 'app/bla/bla.controller' ), this.angularStubs );
controller:
this.someMethod = function(someObj) {
myService.myFunction( someObj ).then( function() {
someObj.loaded = 'bla-bla';
}, function() {
// failure
} );
};
and test
const obj = {
field: 'value'
};
this.ctrl.someMethod( obj );
this.scope.$digest();
expect( this.myService.myFunction ).toHaveBeenCalled();
expect( obj.loaded ).toEqual( 'bla-bla' );

The code snippet:
spyOn(myOtherService, "makeRemoteCallReturningPromise").and.callFake(function() {
var deferred = $q.defer();
deferred.resolve('Remote call result');
return deferred.promise;
});
Can be written in a more concise form:
spyOn(myOtherService, "makeRemoteCallReturningPromise").and.returnValue(function() {
return $q.resolve('Remote call result');
});

Mocked service returning Object ($$state) error

I have been following the angular testing Play by Play on PluralSight by John Papa and Ward Bell.
I'm currently getting the following error when I run my specs.
AssertionError: expected { Object ($$state) } to have a property 'length'
at Assertion.assertLength (bower_components/chai/chai.js:1331:37)
at Assertion.assert (bower_components/chai/chai.js:4121:49)
at Context.<anonymous> (scripts/home/homeController.Specs.js:48:49)
Note that I have only included the code that I think is relevant so that I am not overloading this question with irrelevant information. If you need to see more code it's not a problem.
My code is as follows:
homeController.js:
window.app.controller('homeController', ['$scope', 'sidebarService',
function ($scope, sidebarService) {
$scope.title = 'Slapdash';
$scope.sidebar = {
"items": sidebarService.getSidebarItems()
};
}])
sidebarService.js:
(function () {
window.app
.service('sidebarService',['$http', function ($http) {
this.getSidebarItems = function () {
$http.get("http://wwww.something.com/getSidebarItems")
.then(function (response) {
return response.data;
});
};
}]);
}());
homeController.Specs.js:
beforeEach:
beforeEach(function () {
bard.appModule('slapdash');
bard.inject(this, '$controller', '$q', '$rootScope')
var mockSidebarService = {
getSidebarItems : function(){
return $q.when(mockSidebarMenuItems);
}
};
controller = $controller('homeController', {
$scope: scope,
sidebarService: mockSidebarService
});
});
failing spec:
it('Should have items', function () {
$rootScope.$apply();
expect(scope.sidebar.items).to.have.length(mockSidebarMenuItems.length); // same number as mocked
expect(sidebarService.getSidebarItems).to.have.been.calledOnce; // it's a spy
});

The answer was that I was returning a result from the service not a promise.
$http.get("http://wwww.something.com/getSidebarItems")
.then(function (response) {
return response.data; // <- returning data not promise
});
When I was mocking I was using
var mockSidebarService = {
getSidebarItems : function(){
return $q.when(mockSidebarMenuItems);
}
};
which mocks a promise. However I just needed to return the data as the promise was awaited in the service.
mockSidebarService = {
getMenuItems : function(){
return mockSidebarMenuItems
}
};
I made the changes and it all works now. Took a while but at least it's making sense.