AngularJS Testing and $http - angularjs

Question

So Im trying to figure out how to write unit tests for my angular controller. I am using karma as my runner. I was able to write 1 successful test but every time I try to write another test it yells at me about unexpected calls and such.
Here is my controller im trying to test.
(function (angular) {
'use strict';
var ngModule = angular.module('myApp.dashboardCtrl', []);
ngModule.controller('dashboardCtrl', function ($scope, $http) {
//"Global Variables"
var vm = this;
vm.success = false;
vm.repos = [];
//"Global Functions"
vm.addRepository = addRepository;
vm.listRepos = listRepos;
//Anything that needs to be instantiated on page load goes in the init
function init() {
listRepos();
}
init();
// Add a repository
function addRepository(repoUrl) {
$http.post("/api/repo/" + encodeURIComponent(repoUrl)).then(function (){
vm.success = true;
vm.addedRepo = vm.repoUrl;
vm.repoUrl = '';
listRepos();
});
}
//Lists all repos
function listRepos() {
$http.get('/api/repo').then( function (response){
vm.repos = response.data;
});
}
});
}(window.angular));
So I have a test written for listRepos(). It goes as follows
describe('dashboardCtrl', function() {
var scope, httpBackend, createController;
// Set up the module
beforeEach(module('myApp'));
beforeEach(inject(function($rootScope, $httpBackend, $controller) {
httpBackend = $httpBackend;
scope = $rootScope.$new();
createController = function() {
return $controller('dashboardCtrl', {
'$scope': scope
});
};
}));
afterEach(function() {
httpBackend.verifyNoOutstandingExpectation();
httpBackend.verifyNoOutstandingRequest();
});
it('should call listRepos and return all repos from the database', function() {
var controller = createController();
var expectedResponse = [{id: 12345, url: "https://github.com/myuser/myrepo.git"}];
httpBackend.expect('GET', '/api/repo')
.respond(expectedResponse);
httpBackend.flush();
scope.$apply(function() {
scope.listRepos;
});
expect(controller.repos).toEqual(expectedResponse);
});
This works and the test passes. Now my problem is I want to write another test to test the other function that calls a new api endpoint.
This is the test im trying to write for addRepository.
it('should addRepository to the database', function() {
var controller = createController();
var givenURL = "https://github.com/myuser/myURLtoMyRepo.git";
httpBackend.expect('POST', '/api/repo/' + encodeURIComponent(givenURL)).respond('success');
httpBackend.flush();
scope.$apply(function() {
scope.addRepository(givenURL);
});
expect(controller.success).toBe(true);
expect(controller.listRepos).toHaveBeenCalled();
});
The error I get when I add this test to the spec is:
Error: Unexpected request: GET /api/repo
Expected POST /api/repo/https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fmyuser%2FmyURLtoMyRepo.git
at $httpBackend
Error: [$rootScope:inprog] $digest already in progress
http://errors.angularjs.org/1.4.8/$rootScope/inprog?p0=%24digest
The example I am working with is this one here
Any suggestions or tips is greatly appreciated!
UPDATE:
So changed my function to return the promise from the $http.post,
I rewrote my 2nd test and also wrapped my first test in a describe block describing the function its trying to test.
With the following:
describe('addRepository', function () {
it('should addRepository to the database', function () {
var controller = createController();
var givenURL = "https://github.com/myuser/myURLtoMyRepo.git";
httpBackend.expect('POST', '/api/repo/' + encodeURIComponent(givenURL)).respond('success');
scope.$apply(function () {
scope.addRepository(givenURL);
});
httpBackend.flush();
expect(controller.success).toBe(true);
});
it('should call listRepos', function() {
var controller = createController();
httpBackend.expect('GET', '/api/repo').respond('success');
controller.controller().then(function (result) {
expect(controller.listRepos).toHaveBeenCalled();
});
httpBackend.flush();
});
});
I still get the error:
Error: Unexpected request: GET /api/repo
Expected POST /api/repo/https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fmyuser%2FmyURLtoMyRepo.git
at $httpBackend
Error: [$rootScope:inprog] $digest already in progress
but also
TypeError: 'undefined' is not a function (evaluating 'controller.controller()')
Error: Unflushed requests: 1
which shows 2 tests failed.

Answer 1

The flush should come after the call to the function. I'd also change the function to return the promise from the $http.post:
// Add a repository
function addRepository(repoUrl) {
return $http.post("/api/repo/" + encodeURIComponent(repoUrl)).then(function (){
vm.success = true;
vm.addedRepo = vm.repoUrl;
vm.repoUrl = '';
listRepos();
});
}
And then in the test you can call it and test the success part:
EDIT
I changed the controller.controller() to what you have.
it('should call listRepos', function() {
// Your setup
ctrl.addRepository().then(function(result) {
expect(ctrl.listRepos).toHaveBeenCalled();
});
});
EDIT 2
I emulated as best i could your code and the tests I write for the code:
(function () {
'use strict';
angular
.module('myApp')
.controller('DashboardController',DashboardController);
DashboardController.$inject = ['$http'];
function DashboardController($http) {
var vm = this;
vm.success = false;
vm.repos = [];
vm.addRepository = addRepository;
vm.listRepos = listRepos;
init();
// Anything that needs to be instantiated on page load goes in the init
function init() {
vm.listRepos();
}
// Add a repository
function addRepository(repoUrl) {
return $http.post('http://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/1.json').then(function (){
vm.success = true;
vm.addedRepo = vm.repoUrl;
vm.repoUrl = '';
vm.listRepos();
});
}
// Lists all repos
function listRepos() {
return $http.get('http://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/1').then( function (response){
vm.repos = response.data;
});
}
};
}());
Here I'm using an online JSONPlaceholder API to simulate HTTP calls as I, obviously, can't hit what you're pointing at. And for the test (which all pass):
(function() {
'use strict';
fdescribe('DashBoardController', function() {
var $rootScope, scope, ctrl, $httpBackend;
beforeEach(module('myApp'));
beforeEach(inject(function(_$rootScope_, _$httpBackend_,$controller) {
$rootScope = _$rootScope_;
scope = $rootScope.$new();
$httpBackend =_$httpBackend_;
ctrl = $controller('DashBoardController',{
$scope: scope
});
}));
beforeEach(function() {
// Setup spies
spyOn(ctrl,'listRepos');
});
describe('controller', function() {
it('should be defined', function() {
expect(ctrl).toBeDefined();
});
it('should initialize variables', function() {
expect(ctrl.success).toBe(false);
expect(ctrl.repos.length).toBe(0);
});
});
describe('init', function() {
it('should call listRepos', function() {
$httpBackend.expectGET('http://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/1')
.respond({success: '202'});
$httpBackend.expectPOST('http://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/1.json')
.respond({success: '202'});
ctrl.addRepository().then(function(result) {
expect(ctrl.success).toBe(true);
expect(ctrl.repoUrl).toBe('');
expect(ctrl.listRepos).toHaveBeenCalled();
});
$httpBackend.flush();
});
});
});
}());