Jasmine test to test if the controller is defined - angularjs

Question

New to Jasmine tests for angular. I am trying to test if the controller I defined is defined or not to begin with but I am getting error saying Expected undefined to be defined.
Here is my main code:
// controller logic MatchController.js
(function () {
'use strict';
angular.module('app.match')
.controller('MatchController', MatchController);
MatchController.$inject = ['APP_CONFIG', '$authUser', '$http', '$rootScope', '$state', '$stateParams', 'SearchService', 'ConfirmMatchService', 'MusicOpsService', 'ContentOpsService', 'MatchstickService', 'MatchService', 'Restangular'];
function MatchController(APP_CONFIG, $authUser, $http, $rootScope, $state, $stateParams, searchService, confirmMatchService, musicOpsService, contentOpsService, matchstickService, matchService, Restangular) {
var vm = this;
.
.
.
}
})();
Here is the test file
// MatchController.spec.js
(function(){
'use strict';
describe('Match Controller Tests', function(){
var module, MatchTestController;
beforeEach(function() {
module = angular.module('app.match');
});
beforeEach(inject(function ($controller) {
MatchTestController = $controller('MatchController', {});
}));
describe("Match controller to be defined", function() {
it("should be created successfully", function () {
expect(MatchTestController).toBeDefined();
});
});
});
})();
I keep getting the error:
TypeError: 'undefined' is not a function (evaluating 'angular.controller('MatchController')')
undefined
at /Users/rgoti/match-ui/match-ui/public/src/app/match/match.controller.spec.js:16
at invoke (/Users/rgoti/match-ui/match-ui/public/bower_components/angular/angular.js:4219)
at workFn (/Users/rgoti/match-ui/match-ui/public/bower_components/angular-mocks/angular-mocks.js:2475)
Expected undefined to be defined.
at /Users/rgoti/match-ui/match-ui/public/src/app/match/match.controller.spec.js:22
Not sure what I am doing wrong here.

Answer 1

You should inject all the dependencies in the controller first before mocking it.
Try this:
// MatchController.spec.js
(function(){
'use strict';
describe('controller: MatchController', function(){
var module, MatchController, APP_CONFIG, $authUser, $http, $rootScope, $state, $stateParams, SearchService, ConfirmMatchService, MusicOpsService, ContentOpsService, MatchstickService, MatchService, Restangular;
beforeEach(function() {
module = angular.module('app.match');
});
beforeEach(inject(function ($controller, _APP_CONFIG_, _$authUser_, _$http_, _$rootScope_, _$state_, _$stateParams_, _SearchService_, _ConfirmMatchService_, _MusicOpsService_, _ContentOpsService_, _MatchstickService_, _MatchService_, _Restangular_) {
APP_CONFIG = _APP_CONFIG_;
$authUser = _$authUser_;
$http = _$http_;
$rootScope = _$rootScope_;
$state = _$state_;
$stateParams = _$stateParams_;
SearchService = _SearchService_;
ConfirmMatchService = _ConfirmMatchService_;
MusicOpsService = _MusicOpsService_;
ContentOpsService = _ContentOpsService_;
MatchstickService = _MatchstickService_;
MatchService = _MatchService_;
Restangular = _Restangular_;
MatchController = $controller('MatchController', {
APP_CONFIG: _APP_CONFIG_,
$authUser: _$authUser_,
$http: _$http_,
$rootScope: _$rootScope_,
$state: _$state_,
$stateParams: _$stateParams_,
SearchService: _SearchService_,
ConfirmMatchService: _ConfirmMatchService_,
MusicOpsService: _MusicOpsService_,
ContentOpsService: _ContentOpsService_,
MatchstickService: _MatchstickService_,
MatchService: _MatchService_,
Restangular: _Restangular_
});
}));
describe("Match controller to be defined", function() {
it("should be created successfully", function () {
expect(MatchController).toBeDefined();
});
});
});
})();