Testing Observables with jest
There are some good examples in the Jest documentation about passing in an argument for the test. This argument can be called to signal a passing test or you can call fail on it to fail the test, or it can timeout and fail.
https://jestjs.io/docs/en/asynchronous.html
https://alligator.io/testing/asynchronous-testing-jest/
Examples
Notice I set the timeout to 1500ms
const myObservable = timer(0, 1000); // Example here
it('should fire', done => {
myObservable.subscribe(data => {
done();
});
}, 1500); // Give 1500ms until it fails
Another way to see if it fails using setTimeout
const myObservable = timer(0, 1000); // Example here
it('should fire', done => {
myObservable.subscribe(data => {
done();
});
// Fail after 1500ms
setTimeout(() => { done.fail(); }, 1500);
}, timeToFail);
My preferred way to test observables, without fake timers and timeouts, is to async
, await
and use resolves
or rejects
on an expected converted promise.
it('should do the job', async () => {
await expect(myObservable
.pipe(first())
.toPromise())
.resolves.toEqual(yourExpectation);
});
Update:
In Rxjs 7 and onwards, you can use lastValueFrom
or firstValueFrom
for the promise convertion
it('should do the job', async () => {
await expect(lastValueFrom(myObservable))
.resolves.toEqual(yourExpectation);
});